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Orlando Pirates Football Club has issued a statement acknowledging the decision handed down by the Randburg Magistrate Court regarding Thembinkosi Lorch on Tuesday.
“As a Club, we reiterate our stance against violence perpetrated against women and children and as a result when this matter came to light in 2020, the Club carried out its own investigation,” the club stated.
Lorch was found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Fundiswa Mathithibala and will be sentenced in due course.
“We currently do not have the full details of the conviction or the sentencing date and have requested Mr Lorch to provide these details,” the statement further read.
In 2020, Mathithibala laid a complaint at the Midrand Police Station alleging that she had been assaulted by the Orlando Pirates midfielder.
Following Orlando Pirates’ internal investigations, Lorch has been “charged with serious misconduct.” The Club imposed a sanction of a monetary fine and ordered him to “undergo anger management therapy.”
Orlando Pirates Football Club will not make any further comment until this process is complete.
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