SABC 2 and its flagship soapie 7de Laanrecently faced a scandal which threatened to put the channel and the soapie into disrepute. This is as it was reported that:
Shared by Beast of News via Scrolla Africa, it initially detailed:
“7de Laan television actor (50) allegedly shot & killed her Ben10 partner (29) in Norkem Park, Gauteng. The star then tried to commit suicide by taking sleeping tablets. She survived & (was) taken to Tembisa hospital, where she is receiving treatment under police guard.”
However, in a subsequent post in the thread, it was corrected that the actor in question was male and not female. Meaning that the alleged couple was a same-sex couple.
As the country was scratching its head attempting to figure out which of the current actors on the soapie it might be, 7de Laan released a statement absolving themselves from the matter by sharing:
The official statement from the soapie has confirmed that they have no knowledge of the actor involved in the murder mystery. As such, the statement read:
“As it stands, we have no knowledge of the individual involved and would love to express our heartfelt condolences to the victim’s family and friends.
Production has made efforts to whom the said individual might be. However, as per the law, a suspect’s identity cannot be disclosed until such a time that they have been formally charged.”
But leading local entertainment commentator, Phil Kgopolo Mphela seems to believe that he has found out who the actor in question is.
Phil Mphela exposes 7de Laan’s alleged Ben 10 murderer
Phil Mphela got into his investigative entertainment bag in light of the ongoing mystery to find out who the suspect in the 7de Laan Ben 10 Murder was. As such, he shared that actor Gregg Pettigrew is the alleged 50-year-old who murdered his Ben 10 love and attempted to commit suicide thereafter.
In order to drive his point across, Mphela then shared an image of Pettigrew with his alleged lover during happier times. However, he did so by contextualising that this information must not be taken as fact as the official statement from the soapie had already stated that, “as per the law, a suspect’s identity cannot be disclosed until such a time that they have been formally charged.”
Actor Gregg Pettigrew allegedly guns down his lover and attempts suicide. #LegacySA star is reportedly currently in hospital and awaiting to formally appear before a magistrate and be charged, as per South African law.
