According to the crime journalist, it concerns ‘two parties speaking on behalf of the alleged victims’. “We will talk to them. I am curious about their story,” said Van Wely. He couldn’t say anything more about it.
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De Telegraaf published a story on Tuesday about a 22-year-old woman who reported sexual abuse by Borsato on Monday. The hit singer would have assaulted her regularly from her fifteenth year. Borsato would have touched the girl, who remains anonymous in the story, indecently. The singer and the girl knew each other through her parents, of whom the singer would have been a family friend. After the father of the alleged victim died, Borsato acted as a kind of foster father.
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After the publication of the story via Instagram, John called on people with more information to contact him. “A lot of research preceded the article. That research also shows that more girls and young women have information or are considering reporting,” he wrote.
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On Tuesday, Marco announced that he had taken note of the report through his lawyers at Knoops’ Advocaten. He believes that it is ‘good’ that there is a report. According to him, this can be included in the investigation requested by him by the Public Prosecution Service. The singer looks forward to the outcome of that investigation ‘with confidence’. The lawyers let it be known that they will stick to the previously given responses and not respond further.
Earlier, John spoke about the case in RTL Boulevard:
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