A South African singer living in New Zealand, Jurie Els, will
ask a court in Pretoria on Monday to discharge him on three
charges of molesting a boy.
His lawyer, Danie Dorfling, told the High Court at Pretoria
he would bring an application to have Els acquitted, the
South African Press Association reported.
Els, who now lives in New Zealand, has pleaded not guilty to
the three sex-related charges.
He was accused of molesting singer Robbie Klay between the
ages of 11 and 16, when the boy was a child star.
Mr Dorfling earlier told the court that Els, if he took the
stand, would deny the allegations and would testify that Klay
was lying to the court.
Klay says that while at first he had been sexually groomed by
Els by means of watching pornography on the internet, this
progressed and eventually lead to sexual violation when he
was 11 years old.
