Despite the lurid allegations made against him, Marius Fransman seems to have walked away from the sex pest ‘investigations’ unscathed.

Never mind all the evidence given by Louisa Wynand, who outlined in detail how Fransman had touched her inappropriately (HERE). Allegedly.

Now, in light of new evidence, the case of sexual assault has been reopened. It’s the slew of WhatsApp messages the ANC Western Cape leader sent to 21-year-old Wynand that has seen the reinstatement of charges, but the full story is something truly disheartening.

Wynand alleges that police were not interested in investigating properly, which is why she went public last month in an effort to drum up interest. According to the Daily Maverick, the months following her alleged assault have been torrid:

Her life, she says, has been turned upside down. She is unemployed, has gone into hiding and had to cancel her 21^st birthday party. Her boyfriend has, she says, been pulled over by police several times on the allegations that he was peddling drugs.

“The police told him that someone called them with a tip-off that he was a drug dealer. It is very scary. I feel like we are being intimidated,” she said.

Her brother, Ashley, has received several phone threats as well, which he confirmed to Daily Maverick.

Another point that is vital to make before we see the WhatsApp messages – Fransman says that Wynand was planted as a ‘honey trap’, set up by rival factions of the Western Cape ANC.

We won’t even unpack that one, in this day and age it beggars belief, but it turns out Fransman pursued her and made the first contact whilst Wynand worked as a hostess at a Stellenbosch wine farm.

Right, WhatsApp message time. Just remember these are messages exchanged between a senior politician and a 21-year-old with a boyfriend, something she made known on numerous occasions. I’ll handpick some of the more troubling – the ‘he’ referred to is Fransman:

At 13:39 he writes, “so you will sort out getting stuff to ur parents or must I still get ballot” .. “I mean baklie”… “Bakkie”.

Wynand 13:41:

“For cape town yes but my parents will sort one fir taking my stuff to their house, thanx anyway.”

Fransman 13:49:

“Kewl. then c tomrow” followed immediately by “also it is hot that side. informal gear and sensual”…

At 14:02 Fransman writes:

“Forgot to ask. Pl don’t tell your bf you working fr me. Don’t need jealous guys around.”

To which Wynand replies at 14:13:

“hes not that type and ill handle my personal life very discreetly, I dont mix business with pleasure either, so don’t worry I know how to handle it.”

Fransman 14:21:

“Good..but hey there will be pleasure in business?”…

At 15:03 Fransman asks Wynand “Still at work?”

She replies at 15:04 “Yep just finishing up them im off to start packing.”

Fransman 15:06:

“Kewl. Leave that conservatism also there and embrace to be and work hard but play hard also.”

Fransman 17:54:

“Sjoe its hot”

Wynand 18:42:

“Tell me about it at least your not packing boxes. lol”

Fransman 18:52:

“Eish!!!”

Fransman 18:53:

“Take a selfie let me see”

Now anyone who has ever played flirty on WhatsApp can see what he is up to, but there’s more of course:

On January 4 at 7:30 Wynand asks Fransman what time the driver will be collecting her. He replies around 9:30 and asks how she slept. She replies “well” and that she has not done so for a long time due to her work hours.

At 8:02 she tells Fransman that she is going to shower and wash her hair.

He replies at 8:03:

“Make urself hot for trip!!”

To really understand what Louisa has been up against since first reporting the case just read the opening half of THIS.

Sickening really, but we’ll throw in another ‘allegedly’ just for good measure.

[source:dailymaverick]