The much-loved Bucs star appeared at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court last week where he pleaded for a lighter sentence after he was found guilty in June this year of assaulting his

Lorch and Mathithibala’s relationship was thrust into the spotlight in September 2020 when Sunday World reported that he was arrested for physically
According to TimesLIVE, Mathithibala – who is a fitness enthusiast – told the court in a victim impact statement that they started their romance in 2018. She said they moved in together in the same year and in 2020 they decided to start their own family and she fell pregnant but experienced a miscarriage.

 

 

 

 

 

LORCH TELLS COURT HE HAS TWO CHILDREN
On the other hand, in Lorch’s mitigation of sentence, his legal representative, Pierre de Kock, told the court that he has two children – aged eight and three.

“As a soccer player, his salary fluctuates, and his salary is roughly R50 000. He has to send money to his first child who lives with their mother in Qwa-Qwa, and he lives with his other child. My client will appreciate a suspended sentence,” said De Kock.

According to this information, he is not the father of Thahane’s one-year-old son.

LORCH AND THAHANE’S RELATIONSHIP TIMELINE
Lorch and Thahane made headlines in June 2021 when Twitter FBIs spotted them on baecation in Zanzibar. Soon after, they became one of Mzansi’s favourite couples.

While Lorch denied the relationship at first, it later became clear that their love was growing strong when the footballer scored a sweet birthday message from the former Skeem Saam and The Queen actress in July that year.

In March 2022, Thahane broke the internet when she announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post. Her son arrived the following month. However, the Blood and Water actress is yet to reveal who fathered her child.