The Public Prosecution Service (OM) dismisses the report of assault andattempted murder that his ex-partner Shima Kaes made against Johnny de Mol.The investigation has not led to sufficient evidence, it was announced thisafternoon. De Mol has ‘always had confidence in the investigation and in thisoutcome’, the Talpa presenter said through his management.
However, the legal advisers of his ex-girlfriend Kaes, lawyer Karim Aachbounand his office mate Ad Aerts, are being prosecuted by the Public ProsecutionService, a spokesperson for the Amsterdam public prosecutor’s office confirms.In November last year, the duo was reported to have attempted to threaten theDe Mol family, a legal term for blackmail.
Held hostage
Since that counter-declaration, Kaes and her agent ‘constantly seek themedia’, according to Peter Plasman, lawyer for De Mol. It concerns ‘repeats ofthe accusations made earlier’. This hinders De Mol’s personal and socialfunctioning. “He is more or less taken hostage by the actions of Mrs. Kaes andher agent,” Plasman said.
The legal advisers now have to answer for this before the court. Plasman saysthat John de Mol and Johnny de Mol are ‘satisfied’ that the advisers ‘willhave to account for their action before the criminal court’.
Insufficient evidence
Kaes, who had a relationship with Johnny de Mol between 2014 and 2015, hasbeen arguing with the family for a long time. She states that several violentincidents have taken place between her and Johnny: in Mexico, at theEdisongala in Amsterdam and in Ibiza. At the end of 2020, Kaes filed acomplaint against her ex-fiancé for attempted assault and manslaughter.
De Mol was heard as a suspect in the criminal investigation. In thatinterrogation, he firmly denied the assault. Three witnesses presented by Kaesgave a statement in the investigation. These statements provided the PublicProsecution Service with ‘insufficient support’ for the report.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, the sound fragments supplied byKaes contain ‘conversations without sufficient context’. In addition, thesupplied photos cannot be dated and the injury in the photos is not clear. Theinjury statements have also turned out to be ‘insufficiently unambiguous’,according to the Public Prosecution Service.
HLF8
De Mol announced the end of an episode of his daily talk show at the end ofApril, after a new accusation of inappropriate behaviour HLF8 to stop thepresentation for the time being. “In addition to the previous allegations andallegations, a new anonymous false accusation has been made this week. Thismakes it impossible for me and the editors to continue this work,” he said atthe time.
The anonymous report followed Kaes’s earlier report. Earlier this year, thePublic Prosecution Service concluded that ‘no concrete accusation or criminaloffense can be derived from this report’. De Mol has always categoricallydenied both allegations.
According to De Mol, it was ‘a tough time, so I’m relieved that this decisionhas now been made. I’ll take some time, and I’ll keep you posted when I resumewhat work. I want to thank everyone for the support and sweet messages I havereceived lately.”
Return
A spokesperson for SBS 6 is pleased with the dismissal of the report. ,,We arevery happy for Johnny. We will discuss in the short term when he will resumehis activities.”
De Mol will return to television next week. He will be featured on SBS 6 withthe program from Wednesday Restaurant misunderstanding. Those broadcasts hadalready been recorded.