Oprah's School Hit By Scandal

Oprah Winfrey listens to a question during a video news conference Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, from an undisclosed location. Winfrey answered questions about the arrest of a former employee of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa on charges of abuse and sexual assault.

As seen on a control room monitor, Oprah Winfrey, bottom, left, answers reporters' questions via a video link from Chicago during a press conference held in a Johannesburg, South Africa, hotel Monday Nov. 5, 2007. A dormitory matron accused of indecent assault on pupils at Winfrey's school in South Africa for disadvantaged girls was freed on bail earlier in the day.

Virginia Makopo is covered by a friend as she leaves the Seboken Magistrate Court, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. The dormitory matron accused of indecent assault on pupils at Oprah Winfrey's school for disadvantaged girls was freed on bail Monday. Makopo, 27, faces 13 charges of indecent assault and criminal injury committed against six students aged 13 to 15 and a 23-year-old at the school.

Students attend the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007. U.S. talk show queen Oprah Winfrey opened the school for disadvantaged girls, fulfilling a promise she made to former President Nelson Mandela six years ago in an effort to give more than 150 students a chance for a better future.

Oprah Winfrey, right, shares a podium with former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, as students look on, during the official opening of Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls School at Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007. When Winfrey opened the world class school for poor but talented South African girls, she fulfilled a long-cherished dream and a promise to Mandela.

Oprah Winfrey, center, and students are seen during the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

Oprah Winfrey gestures during a news conference prior to the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

Oprah Winfrey and students cut the ribbon at the official opening of her Leadership Academy for Girls School at Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

A mural adorns one of the 28 buildings at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

Oprah Winfrey, center, with two students, during an opening ceremony of her Leadership Academy for Girls School at Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

Oprah Winfrey speaks during a news conference prior to the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

Oprah Winfrey and students cut the ribbon at the official opening of her Leadership Academy for Girls School at Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.