Afrikaans singer Jurie Els on Wednesday told the High Court in Pretoria that his molestation accuser, Robbie Klay, had vowed revenge after a fall-out in 2005.
Els testified that he and his wife, former high jump champion Hestrie Cloete, had confronted Klay "about all of his lies" and had taken back his car.
"He was livid," Els said. "He threw the keys on to the table, looked Hestrie in the eyes and said he was not done with us. We would hear from him again.
"That was the end of the conflict. We thought it was our last sight of Robbie Klay... Here I'm sitting today. It was not."
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Els testified that Klay's career had started floundering by then and he could not even afford the R2 000 a month he had had to pay Els for his car. Els had offered him a job transporting and assembling CDs for his record company.
Els said he had lost his temper with Klay when Hestrie had jumped in to help with the assembly of the CDs and Klay had just stood back and watched. He had told Els he was Robbie Klay, he did not pack CDs. Hestrie could do it.
"I lost my temper about his arrogance. I pointed out to him that Hestrie had been a high jumping champion for four years and that work was beneath no one," he said.
Another cause of conflict had been Klay approaching him at the end of 2004 to pay for a birthday party for Klay's daughter.
He said he had offered to pay half. When he had later asked the girl's mother about the party, she had told him they were Jehovah's Witnesses and did not believe in children's parties. She had said Klay had lied to him.
Els said he had also found out that Klay had lied to his mother, telling her he had been paying only R1 000 a month for the car, secretly withdrawing another R1 000 from his mother's bank account to make the payment.
This had resulted in Els and Hestrie confronting Klay and taking back the car, with Klay making his threat.
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