Big Brother ‘rapist’ wins

The young man who caused a media frenzy after viewers claimed he had sexually assaulted a housemate live on Big Brother Africa yesterday won the reality show's first prize of $100,000.

Dreadlocked Richard Bezuidenhout, a 24-year-old film student from Tanzania, won the public vote, despite his role in an alcohol-fuelled threesome that has been dubbed 'Fingergate' by the African media. The girl he allegedly abused, 29-year-old Ofunneka Molokwu, a medical assistant from Nigeria, came second.

As reported on The First Post, viewers of the show watched in shock on October 28 as Bezuidenhout (left) appeared to insert his fingers into Molokwu's vagina after an extended drinking bout that left her and another female contestant vomiting