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Faf de Klerk's agent forced to refute truly extraordinary claims
By Kim Ekin
Springbok star Faf de Klerk has found himself accused of threatening to hack a South African police captain to death but insists he was in Japan at the time of the alleged incident.
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A representative for Faf de Klerk has rubbished the allegations that the World Cup-winning nine racially abused and threatened to “kill” a Stellenbosch police officer. According to IOL, De Klerk has been accused by captain Lesley Smith of wanting to use a panga to hack him to death and for hurling racial slurs.
The Bok star claimed to have been more than 14,000km away at the time of the alleged incident, which is said to have occurred midday on 8 December in Stellenbosch. De Klerk, whose long blond hair is his trademark, maintains that he was in Japan at the time of the so-called “life-threatening” brawl.
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But, IOL reports, Smith stands by his allegation and claimed that it’s not a case of “mistaken identity” and that he slapped the “Springbok scrumhalf” with charges, as he “clearly” saw De Klerk drive off in a Toyota Corolla, while he allegedly called him a “h*****” minutes after he “tried to kill me with a panga”.
Smith also alleged that De Klerk told him “I will f***** kill you”.
De Klerk, via his agent Lean Schwartz, is adamant that he does not even drive a Toyota Corolla.“Faf has never driven a Toyota Corolla in his life,” said Schwartz, adding De Klerk has been out of the country for two months now.
“He left the country with the Springboks for their end-of-year tour to Europe, where after he left London for Tokyo, Japan to join his new club, Yokohama Cannon Eagles.”
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Footage of the 31-year-old halfback with fellow club teammates during training in Tokyo is all over the internet, with date stamps ranging from the end of November up until early this month.
Never driven a Corolla in his life?! You’re missing out son! You can thrash those things until they catch fire and then they’ll still last another 20 years.
Ah, but remember that he was given a yellow in the game on the 7th....Where was he for those 10 minutes???!
It all sounds very plausible to me - what does give it away is that Faf allegedly threatened the police officer with a machete.
If you ask Nick White’s moustache then you’ll realize that Faf does not need a weapon to inflict some serious pain on someone - he can cause serious damage with a slight touch of his finger.
Forget "footage from social media showed him training around then": he PLAYED for Yokohama on the 7th in a televised match. Picked up a yellow himself and had an opponent give up a red against him, which I think we'll all agree is very Faf-like behaviour.
Sounds like a doppelgänger lol
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