The Oprah Winfrey show will move to Philadelphia in a few weeks well kinda. Talk show host
Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress. The
case is now set for trial on March 29 in Philadelphia. Judge Eduardo Robreno refused to dismiss the suit in a decision Monday, ruling that former headmistress Nomvuyo Mzamane has enough evidence to pursue her defamation claims against the media mogul. Winfrey made the remarks in 2007 after the complaints surfaced at the $40 million Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, near Johannesburg.
A dorm matron who worked under Mzamane was later charged with abusing six students. Mamane accused Winfrey of suggesting she was not trustworthy through comments about the need for new leadership and remarks such as "I thought she cared about the girls of South Africa," according to the October 2008 lawsuit. She is seeking more than $250,000 in damages. That's like .25 cents to Oprah's Billions!!
Winfrey's lawyers argued the remarks, made at an Oct. 20, 2007 meeting with parents and at a Nov. 5, 2007 press conference, reflected Winfrey's opinions at her girls' school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled.
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