Wim Hof ​​goes to court over a Volkskrant article with allegations of domestic violence

Health guru Wim Hof ​​has sued De Volkskrant for an article accusing him of domestic violence. Hof and his four older children are seeking a correction in Saturday’s newspaper and damages for defamation and defamation. This was reported by the ANP news agency, which had access to the call.

According to the ANP, the call shows that the correction should be largely related to allegations that Hof abused the mother of his older children. De Volkskrant reported in the article at the end of September that, according to Hof’s brother, she had to deal with domestic violence. Hof has been against that brother for a long time.

“Sources that contradicted the allegations or painted a completely different picture were omitted or only briefly mentioned, which contributed to a one-sided representation,” also reads a press release from Enahm , the eldest son of Hof.

“We look forward to the summary proceedings with confidence,” Pieter Klok, Volkskrant’s editor-in-chief, told NOS. “The costs are only a small part of it article. Apparently they can’t say much about the rest.”

In the Volkskrant story, Hof is accused, among other things, of physically and mentally abusing his girlfriend, their son and her two children for thirteen years. The ex-girlfriend is not the mother of the four older children.

The newspaper based the article on, among other things, court judgments, a child protection report, a report against the Court and conversations with the ex-girlfriend and their son.

Hof denied the allegations in the story and said he was not violent. About the ex-girlfriend, he said that she is “on the warpath and now she wants to make everything appear different than it was. ” Shortly after the article in de Volkskrant it became known that a film about Hof’s life was being made because of the allegations shut down.

65-year-old Wim Hof ​​is known in many countries thanks to several very cold records and the Wim Hof ​​Method ​​​​​​It was also successful with celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Orlando Bloom and, closer to home, Arie Boomsma.