Dodgy property deals - Joost lied

Joost van der Westhuizen, once the golden boy of South African rugby, has admitted lying to cover up a sex-and-drugs dalliance with an "unbelievably sexy" dancer while his wife, Amor, was pregnant with their second child.

Van der Westhuizen has spent much time and money trying to persuade South Africans that the media has been fed lies about him being the man in a sex video released earlier this year.

He hired private investigators who helped him put out a story that a business enemy had gone to great lengths to produce a video with a look-a-like of him in it. Van der Westhuizen even claimed that the penis in the video was bigger than his, as way of evidence that he'd been framed. (Read Joost, the sex tapes and the property conspiracy for more on this).

Joost's theory was this:  perhaps a property transaction gone wrong has something to do with it all. He has had several irons in the fire and has been active in the property market.

Realestateweb readers are familiar with some of these property dealings.

Earlier this year, we reported on how Joost and other sports celebrities - Ernie Els and Victor Matfield - had been enlisted to help convince the nation it takes brains to invest in a certain property development (Read Rugby, rocket scientists and property developers).

Then Realestateweb.co.za - part of the Moneyweb group - reported on how that same developer had dropped Joost from the marketing team after his involvement in Progressive Investment Holdings (PIH) - a company blamed for losing investors' money - emerged in the business pages.

Joost was livid about losing the deal, and told Realestateweb he had been "used" by shrewd business operators and the public misled about his involvement in PIH (read "I was used" - Joost).

Sinister stories emerged about Joost, too, including a bizarre blackmail and shooting incident (read Joost van der Westhuizen blows it for more about the blackmailer, Joost and the pistol-whipping).

This Sunday, it has emerged that Van der Westhuizen has given up trying to pretend it was not him in the holey pink underpants on the sex video bought by Heat magazine. He has been lying, repeatedly, to the media.

The Sunday Times reports on Joost's admission about his Night of Shame, saying the ageing rugby hero has come clean about his infidelity in his new book, called Joost: The Man in the Mirror.

"Against all my principles, I had a sexual liaison - we never had intercourse - with a woman who was not my wife. And we took drugs," Joost is quoted as saying.

In the book Van der Westhuizen apparently describes how he had met a bunch of girls, one of whom was "unbelievably sexy, and keen, and available".

And she also "keeps letting you know that she thinks you are literally God's gift to women". "Lastly, you have a pregnant wife and a young son at home. Let me ask you Dave - what would you have done?" Van der Westhuizen reportedly asks his biographer, David Gemmell.

At the time of the incident his wife, performer Amor Vittone, was expecting the couple's second child, Kylie.

Although he admits the dalliance, Van der Westhuizen does not go into detail on where they met or what he and Marlize van Emmenis got up to. He had had no idea that she had taped their liaison, said the paper.

After initially denying it was him in the video, the 38-year-old eventually confessed to Vittone in July and, finally, in the book he reveals how the indiscretion almost cost him his marriage as well as his life, said the Sunday Times.

Van der Westhuizen "recalls the day the sex tape story hit the headlines. ‘It was a horrible, horrible day. I can't describe how awful it was. I tried to get hold of the paper's lawyers to see if I could watch (the video), but because it was Sunday we couldn't get anything arranged.'"

It has been "tough" on their marriage, but he insists they will still be together this Christmas. "For two months we've been working on it and there's a definite improvement. We've never slept in separate bedrooms ... Things are tough," he told the Sunday Times.

"Amor is scared (about the release of the book) and we don't know what's going to happen. This thing is going to open up again, and I'm going to put my family through it again. More than anything, I fear losing my family. Everything else can go, but not my family. I may still lose them; I hope and pray that I don't and that Amor can find it in her heart to forgive me."

Other nuggets of information shared about Van der Westhuizen and Amor this Sunday include how their first date ended with the lovely singer taking a dump on the side of the road following a romantic Valentine dinner.

"Afterwards, as he was driving Vittone's BMW home, she developed stomach pains. Before he could even suggest they go to a pharmacy or doctor, she ordered him to stop. Joost pulled over and braked at the same time. Before he could do anything, Amor had released her seatbelt, opened the door, jumped out and, pulling down her panties, squatted next to the vehicle. In that excruciatingly embarrassing moment, courtesy of a bad oyster, the universe dropped out of Amor's bottom," the book apparently recounts."

First-time parents also get tips on how to wind babies effectively: apparently by handling them like rugby balls. Joost, we are told, explains of his son, Jordan: "I would hold him face down in the palm of my hand and then put my other hand on him quickly, as though I was going to pass him, and he would just suddenly burp.".

You can also hear about how Van der Westhuizen is unrepentant after damaging a boom in a rush to get rugby boots to his son. Police wanted to arrest him for trespassing and breaking the boom.

Less accepting of Van der Westhuizen's demeanours, meanwhile, is Supersport. Sapa reports that the show has axed Van der Westhuizen as a presenter over his admission that he starred in a sex video which showed him snorting drugs. "SuperSport has perused extracts from Joost van der Westhuizen's biography... and held discussions with him," it said in a statement on Sunday.

"Following those discussions, SuperSport and Joost have mutually agreed to terminate the freelance agreement between them, forthwith," said Supersport International spokesman Clinton van der Berg.

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joost lying we knew all along that he was lying. he is such a bad person who can do that to his wife, and that while she was pregnant. must be something wrong with Joost. by marli botha on November 02 2009, 12:39 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Jooste the d**s We all knew he was lying, yet he tried every trick in the book to cover it up, only to admit it in his book. What an absolute tosser. by Pete on November 02 2009, 13:30 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

joost Wie sonder sonde is gooi die eerste klip. kakstorie man. Nou wil hy sy boek verkoop. Jy het alles gehad en vertrap. Nou is dit jou beurt om vertrap te word. by mwrain@mweb.co.za on November 02 2009, 14:16 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

MEMBER SIZE The day a man admits that he has a smaller member than the one in the video you know he is lying. No man will ever admit to that - ever! My wife was also pregnant - 3 times in fact - and I work between woman. And I did not cheat, or sniff powder, or hired . .more PI's with hair from hell. So it can be done. Well, maybe if I worked with a Kiera Knightly lookalike at the time... . .less by SP on November 02 2009, 17:00 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

member size? I never saw the video. How big a P**** is he? by Curious on November 02 2009, 18:22 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

that's bjaddafull! How funny is the story about Amor taking a C*** on the side of the raod! Whahahahaha! That's beautiful. Why would he publish that in his book though? by Oom Kallie on November 02 2009, 19:38 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

@Oom Kallie I think he is trying to divert attention by showing his wife is also human! To me that is lower than snake S*** and disrespectfull towards his wife to mention this! I will never publish something like that of my wife in a book... by NRWB on November 03 2009, 12:19 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Amor's dump Joost is an idiot. His publisher knew that story would help sell the book. He believes ridiculous stuff, which is why he expects us to believe his ridiculous stories. No sex with the stripper? Yea, right. Yet he went to all that trouble to have an . .more erection and even bragged about how quickly he got it up without her intervention. I watched the video . .less by Heat fan on November 03 2009, 12:33 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Money Money Money....... Its all about money for the van der Westhuizen's it seems. I would not be surprised if all of this was set-up from the beginning to generate publicity and sales. I just cannot beleive that Joost has so little respect for himself and his family . .more to generate cash! I dont think annyone should buy his book. . .less by NRWB on November 03 2009, 14:57 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Tragic Think we all liked the no9 springbok for so many years building up a rep and breaking all that in a few seconds...so tragic.. by Lots of FANS lost.. on November 04 2009, 11:48 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Stop blame shifting As a long term investor of PIH, I can verify that the directors were not shady, and gave Joost an opportunity of a lifetime. He must stop blaming his failures on others. His involvement in PIH had nothing to do with his exclusion in property deals, but . .more his lies and deceit. . .less by PIH investor on November 05 2009, 10:06 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Moneyweb simply cannot get enough of this clown hey ? You love him No comment ! by JOOP on November 05 2009, 12:25 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Broken underpants If I was caufght on video wearing those perforated pink undies, I would probably also lie about my involvement... Joost is a D***. by Indi Agent on November 05 2009, 15:01 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Fingers in the pie "Disgraced rugby star admits lying, after fingering property players ...." Joost did not have sex with the stripper because he was busy fingering property players. Maybe he did the same to rugby players. That may be the reason they liked him so much!!! by Surprise NOT on November 06 2009, 08:07 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

I'm sorry, but.... A genuine apology does not end with I'm sorry but .... I was used.... lied to ... etc... as that is simply not an apology but an excuse. Joost was showered with opportunities by all his business partners and should not blame them for his failures! by Investor on November 11 2009, 09:11 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Koerante is geld gierig , nie Joost Julle hou ook nie op om op die man te pik nie.Asseblief asof julle nie stil sou gebly het oor so n skandal nie.Gooi die eerste klip tot dat julle vuilige goed openbaar gemaak word!! Hoe geldgierig is dit van Koerante om so iets openbaar to . .more maak,sonder dat hulle in die eerst plek geweet het die is hy? Dit blyk my mense is so jaarloers net omdat jy n stadum geld gemaak het. Is dit nie waar so nie mense? Hoe kan daai investor se wat in die company van Joost gebeur,hy is nie daar om te sien nie.Veral in geld maarskaape is daar baie politiek. Wie weet wie alles vir Joost ook gelieg en bedrieg het in die maatskape . .less by Piet on December 17 2009, 16:26 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

hope this time Joost will sue Honestly I cannot believe how the media are riding over Joost left ,right and centre. Are they attempting at brainwashing the whole nation how bad Joost is because perhaps the may have paid him handsomely for some everyday stories? Are their people out . .more there so jealous of others making more money than themselves? I really don't understand this. Almost all the claims against Joost have nothing to do with the public at all. He did nothing to them. This investment company story does not make any sense to me and seems very one sided. It amazes me how people give themselves the upper hand to judge without seeing any other side of any other story,or indeed their own mistakes . .less by niel on December 17 2009, 18:16 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Why is Anthony de Beer not made public/They are property competitors What I would like to know is why the maker of the video Anthony de Beer (24 apparently) is not taken to justice for making the video, lying and causing so much pain for everyone involved.Didn't he also do the blackmailing? Did he invent a friend that did . .more the blackmailing for him? I would not have taken this lightly.I would think of the best revenge tactics that would teach him the lesson.Apparently they own Kaan estate agency in Pretoria.So its obvious or is it not? Joost is in property so obviously besides this being a very malicious attempt at beating competition (it would have worked without these selfish tactics) Its obviously all about MONEY. This guy should sit in jail.I would so not have tolerated this.I mean it was proven it was him.Why do people never talk about that? Why is it Joost who committed all the crimes? Look at Anthony de Beers tactics.Just for interest is that the guy on face book ( 24 years old)? Wonder if the parents Karen and Andy de Beer of Pretoria encouraged the release of the video,since Joost is a competitor in the property market?But perhaps they had nothing to do with it.Just wondering since they are the owners of Kaan or are they not? Why in all the world has Anthony de Beer not been made public with his crimes,which are more selfish than Joosts???This is completely unacceptable . .less by de lila on December 18 2009, 20:28 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

I think this is media greed of the first degree From everything I have read I don't think this is a ploy.I think there are competitors out there trying very hard to bring Joost down. I firmly believe that the saga is true but that the media are capitalizing on this and then still have the . .more audacity to call Joost greedy,when they are a million fold more greedy. They actually still genuine believe they have every right to use Joosts story to make money. There are people who say the media paid him for his weddings .Please as if the media does not make money ASWELL with every single publishing of a celebrity story. These are probably people from the media itself who hold that view. They are ultra,ultra selfish and just think about themselves and money. Do you know how much money the media make having stories on Joost and then having all the ads on the sites? They basically need any story that will provoke a response and then they put ads on their sites .The people who own the sites make lots of money off the ads and off many other things like clicking on every icons can also make money. Do you really think people that own websites agree or disagree with the story they are publishing?Its all about money again. The more icons and especially ads they get on the site the more money. The more people that respond the more money for them eventually. They found a scandal they couldn't care less if they break up a marriage ,or what this does to his life.The cynics that say Joost didn't need that much money.Hello! the media didn't need that much money either!!Look at the lengths they go to to make money of anything and everything they can find. . .less by The hypocrisy is starting to stink on December 19 2009, 13:31 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

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