Violence Leads to Expulsion

Attorney: 'Fights But Rehab Staff Not Involved'

- Hein Kaiser

Donovan de Klerk, the owner of Tetelestai Recovery Centre (TRC) in Winklespruit, KwaZulu-Natal, has denied all allegations against TRC through his attorney, Wesley Rogers.

He said De Klerk had taken out a protection order against Brad Nathanson, adding the private investigator's probe into TRC was compromising the police investigation.

Rogers also alleged witnesses' statements about the conditions at TRC were curated by Nathanson through "incentives".

Nathanson denied this but confirmed his intention to shut TRC down because of the raft of allegations against De Klerk.

A former patient who did not want to be identified, described a culture of fear, where monitors provoked residents into violence, then used it as justification for punishment or detention. Rogers said De Klerk denied this.

Through Rogers, De Klerk denied all allegations levelled against him and his colleagues.