A matron at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa was formally charged Monday with 13 counts of abusing and assaulting students at the school. Dressed in a black and white football shirt, the woman, Tiny Virginia Mokobo, 27, pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include assault, indecent assault, and crimen injuria, which involves verbal abuse which violates the victim's dignity.The state alleges there were seven victims. Six are between the ages of 13 and 14 and one was 23.
The prosecutor said that "as a dormitory parent, she (Mokobo) was in a trusted position," and that Mokobo abused that trust.
It is not clear when the abuse happened and only some of the allegations are known. Police have confirmed that one instance involves Mokobo allegedly grabbing a girl by the throat and throwing her against a wall.
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