South African, Gabriella Engels (20) has narrated how she was beaten by First Lady Grace Mugabe at The Capital Hotel in Sandton on Sunday 13 August 2017.
She said:
We were chilling in a hotel room‚ and they were in the room next door. She came in and started hitting us. The front of my forehead is busted open. I’m a model and I make my money based on my looks.
She said Grace went on to beat her and two of her friends with an extension chord‚ while the two sons Robert Jr and Chatunga Mugabe ran away.
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She suffered gashes to her forehead and scalp. Engels said she went to the nearest police station on Sunday night‚ but was shown away by the police officer on duty‚ who told her to first seek medical attention. Gabriella’s mother‚ Debbie told Time Live that they were going to the police station to open an assault case today. Said Debbie:
When she got home [on Sunday] I was already sleeping. She was in so much shock‚ she couldn’t tell me what happened. I rushed her to the hospital to get stitches and when she eventually calmed down‚ she told me she was assaulted by Mugabe’s wife.
More: Time Live