Springbok team dietician Zeenat Simjee may be sent home from the Boks’ European tour after this weekend’s match against France if team management makes a decision following Elton Jantjies’ recent admission that he had an affair with her.
According to News24, Simjee has met with SA Rugby officials in Toulon after Jantjies threw her under the bus earlier this week by admitting to his wife and the public that he and Simjee had an affair.
Both parties initially denied the affair in a joint press release, which Jantjies now admits was “a mistake.”
Jantjies spoke to News24 about the ill-conceived press release, “ I deeply regret allowing (representatives) to tell a story that I should’ve clearly handled myself. The statement put out into the media was not written by me; I understand that at the time, a statement needed to be issued on the articles being published about me.
“I also noted that I was portrayed to be a drug addict with mental health issues. I can proudly say I have no mental health issues, and I was never in a rehab centre for drug abuse.”
Jantjies has also expressed his dissatisfaction with having “gone through hell” while Simjees’ life has “continued as normal,” but this may change depending on the outcome of the meetings in Toulon.
Simjee and Jantjies were with the team in Argentina preparing for a Test match when the scandal broke in September, but both were sent home to deal with it.
Jantjies has since been in rehab for an insomnia problem, according to him, while Simjee has been on tour with the team, but history may be repeating itself for her.
Main Image: Elton Jantjies and Springboks dietitian Zeenat Simjee. Photos AP and Getty
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