Die Antwoord’s adopted son accuses band of physical and sexual abuse, and slavery

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Content Warning: The following article contains discussion of sexual assault.Die Antwoord’s adopted son has accused the band of physical and sexual abuse, exploitation and slavery.Gabriel ‘Tokkie’ du Preez and his sister were adopted by Yolandi Visser (aka Anri du Toit) and Ninja (aka Watkin Jones) when he was nine-years-old.

He is now 20 and no longer living with the musicians. His sister is now 14 and is still in the pair’s custody, although she lives full-time with another family in Johannesburg.The allegations first came to light last week when du Preez shared a video interview he had made with the band’s former filmmaker Ben Jay Crossman.

In an interview with South African news outlet News24 published earlier this week (April 24), du Preez accused the duo of “adopt[ing] me to be a slave”. “They made me feel like I was actually a slave,” he said. “They made me feel like I wasn’t really being loved.”A sufferer of a rare skin disease called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, du Preez said: “They made me believe I was the devil.

They made me swear more and made me believe that I could burn people in hell and that I am the king of hell. They told me that I could bring darkness upon the world.” He also alleged that Jones and du Toit forced him and his sister to undress in front of them anytime they were bought new clothes.