Cape Town – Springbok dietitian, Zeenat Simjee has once more denied that it was her who had the affair with South African fly-half, Elton Jantjies, claiming that it was a person who looked similar to her.
Netwerk24 reported that Simjee’s lawyer, Frikkie Erasmus, proposed that the issue had been caused by a case of mistaken identity and that it was not Simjee who was spotted at the guesthouse with Jantjies.
Erasmus was also reported to have said that he and his client knew the identity of the woman who did have the affair with Jantjies, but chose not willing to identify her.
Simjee’s lawyer was adamant that Simjee did not have the affair with Jantjies, saying her “denial is well recorded”.
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Simjee first broke her silence on the matter in September when she initially denied her involvement in the affair.
According to IOL, Simjee released a statement in which she denied the allegations and appealed to the original publisher, which first made the claims of her and Jantjies’ affair to retract their statements and apologise.
“Let me unequivocally state that I am shocked at the level of sensational journalism from the newspaper that first published the article. I am devastated by the fact that a journalist and his newspaper could publish such damaging allegations on false and baseless hearsay. It is disappointing,” she said in the statement.
“The weekend ahead of the Test week in Mbombela, I had been with my parents dealing with family bereavement. So, the allegations of me spending time with Elton Jantjies at a guesthouse is devoid of any truth,” she added.
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Meanwhile, Elton Jantjies recently admitted to having an affair with Simjee. In an exclusive interview with News24, Jantjies admitted that the affair had been going on for several months.
He reportedly confessed his actions in an interview before boarding his flight to Cyprus, where his wife and kids have travelled to.
Elton and Simjee were sent home from the Springbok camp while the team prepared to take on Argentina in a Rugby Championship clash.
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Compiled by Junaid Benjamin
