Charlize Theron's troubled past
Now, a book authored by Chris Karsten, in Theron"s native South Africa has unearthed her witness statement to the police. It so happened that dad Charles and his brother Danie had returned to the family farm near Johannesburg after rowing with mum Gerda earlier that night.
“Someone
hammered
on
the
kitchen
door.
I
told
my
mom
that
it
was
my
dad," The
Sun
quoted
Theron,
as
stating
in
her
statement.
“My
father
said
he
would
shoot
us
both
dead
with
his
shotgun.
My
mom
said
she
was
afraid
he
would
kill
us.
The
next
moment
I
heard
a
number
of
shots.
Then
I
heard
her
screaming,"
she
said.
“When I went into the passage, I saw my father"s brother standing. My mom was sitting in a corner of the bedroom. “My mother wept and said, 'Charlize, I"ve shot them". Then I saw the body of my father," she added. Charles" sister Elsa Malan told Karsten that she later found Charlize under a blanket and alcoholic Charles dying. However, Gerda was never prosecuted over the shooting.