This comes after the footie’s girlfriend Nokhupiwa Mathithibala opened up a case of assault against him at Midrand Police station indicating that Lorch strangled her after she had asked about his whereabouts.
The incident, according to a police statement, seen by Sunday World, happened on Sunday evening at the soccer player’s complex in Midrand.
Mathithibala states that Lorch became angry after she asked him where he had been following his disappearance for six hours leaving her at his house where they were supposed to chill after washing their two cars.
he said the soccer player slapped her and thereafter started strangling her, sitting on top of her, while she lay on the ground.
The statement shows that Mathithibala indicated that Lorch later took the car she was driving and drove off with his friend leaving her stranded and without transport.
A police official close to the case said Lorch was picked up by officers in the wee hours of Monday morning, and he slept in police cells.
The source revealed that the Orlando Pirates player appeared in court today for a bail hearing
This is a developing story and will be updated as soon as police comment is made available.
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