Hell hath no fury like Donné
IN 2006, Donné Botha found herself on the wrong side of the law after a bloody fight in Steyn’s suite at the Saxon Hotel in Johannesburg.
She was charged with attempted murder. The trial began in 2008, after the London ceremony. Although they had split up, Steyn paid her legal fees.
In the transcript, details are disclosed of how Botha found Steyn in bed with another woman, Bianca Ferrante. Botha went wild.
During the altercation, Botha broke a bottle of champagne and attacked Ferrante with it.
In her evidence Botha claimed she did not remember the details because she was distraught, drunk and had taken strong medication.
The magistrate rejected her defence, saying: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” He found her guilty of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and, after hearing that her relationship with Steyn was over and she was “destitute”, fined her R3 000. —