SA star tells of 'sex toy' hell

2008-02-11 08:50

Johannesburg - Robbie Klay, 21, a young singer and actor, was for seven years the sex toy of one of the best known men in South Africa's entertainment world.

Klay, who played the role of the schoolboy Buks in the television series Amalia and Amalia 2, and has recorded several CDs, told Beeld exclusively about his "sex hell" to "encourage children who go through something similar to tell somebody they trust".

He was 10 years old when the sexual deeds began, which included "oral sex, masturbation up to three times a day, pornography and nude photographs" of himself. Klay referred to the actor as "the uncle".

"I'm not speaking out now because I want revenge. I partly informed my mother about the sex incidents last year because I was afraid, insecure and nervous.

'I'll break his neck'

"I have also told my fiancée.

"I don't want to destroy his life, and therefore don't want his name to be revealed. (He told the man's name to Beeld.) He is very well-known.

"I want to tell children to immediately seek help if something like this happens to them.

"But I must be honest - now that I'm grown-up, I wish I could have just one chance to hit him.

"I'll break his neck."

Every time he went to the man's house he "touched and fondled me."

"It was terrible and I later went there as little as possible for fear of what would happen.

"He made me believe that it was right for me to touch him. He recorded videos of me naked in the pool.

"He often told me it was our secret and that I shouldn't tell anybody. Today I can understand why he didn't want anybody to know.

"When I started dating, he was very possessive. I had to tell him everything, where I took the girls and when we had sex, especially when I met the mother of my daughter.

"I was 16, but he was still touching me. I didn't know how to stop it. I remained silent, because I was scared. I was afraid that my career as a singer might suffer, because he is very powerful in the entertainment industry."

"I later realised he was obsessed with boys. I found photographs of boys on his computer. There were also photographs of a nude boy."

"The incidents were sickening.

"As a young boy I wondered if I was gay and I agonised over it. "

"I am totally negative about men. I cannot communicate normally with men."

Beeld could not get hold of the man on Sunday. His cellphone was switched off and several people said they suspected he was overseas.

- Beeld