Renowned sportswriter Mark Keohane resigned from his position as spokesperson for the South African Olympic team and stepped down as director of Highbury Safika Media (HSM) following sexual harassment and drug abuse claims.
Reports emerged last night that Kelly Preston, wife of scandal-embattled actor John Travolta has finally had enough of the controversies surrounding the star, and left their home, and possibly their marriage.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos finally issued an apology this morning for the hunting trip he took to Africa recently where he shot live game on a private reserve in Botswana, including elephants. The scandal might never have come to light if he hadn’t had an accident during the trip and had to be taken back to Spain for emergency hip surgery.
In an exemplary case of ‘Stand By Your Man’, Stacey Giggs has dismissed allegations that her footballer husband Ryan conducted an eight year affair with his brother’s wife. The Manchester United star has denied sister-in-law Natasha’s accusations that he cheated on his wife repeatedly with her. And apparently Stacey believes him. Let’s see how long that lasts.
I shall not for a moment attempt to feign journalistic integrity here. This is the kind of thing the public loves. Allegations that King Carl Gustaf of Sweden has been visiting strip clubs and having affairs has the media baying for blood and the public frothing at the mouth.
Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, will stand trial in Milan this April. The charges? Sex with an underage prostitute. Karima el-Mahroug, dubbed Ruby the Heart Stealer, allegedly received 24 gifts from Berlusconi, with a worth totaling £200 000. That’s roughly 2 318 401 Rond here in South Africa.
Weed, porn and political activism are just a few of the rumblings materialising from the infamous Chilean mining accident. Information sharing was tightly controlled by Chilean authorities for the duration of the saga, but New York Times journalist Jonathan Franklin was one of the privileged few considered to be on a need to know basis. He’s written a book on the matter.