Ending the first phase of the protracted trial for the former dorm supervisor accused of abusing students at Oprah Winfrey’s school for South African girls, prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case. In the next phase, the defense will attempt to chip away at the testimony of several students, which was done behind closed doors because of their age. The trial began more than a year ago after Tiny Virginia Makopo pleaded not guilty to sexual and physical assault of six alleged teenage victims at Winfrey’s $40 million school outside Johannesburg. The school opened in 2007

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