Theo Maassen’s wife, Joyce, suddenly denies that she is or has been a victim of domestic violence and that he broke her nose. “However, this doesn’t say much.”
Theo Maassen was accused of domestic violence two weeks ago on the cover of the weekly magazine Privé. Without any reservations, Evert Santegoeds’ magazine posted that the comedian allegedly broke his wife Joyce’s nose. The magazine has a 125,000-word app conversation in which she does mention this.
Years of app contact
There has been telephone contact for years between Joyce and Theo’s former mistress Angela, who is considered a whistleblower in this case. Angela says she cannot bear the fact that Joyce would be the victim of domestic violence, but would not report it for the sake of the children. According to Evert, their app conversation is very clear about domestic violence.
Evert previously pointed out that Joyce at no time tried to stop the publications in Privé. “Theo’s wife has known that we have been working on this since December and has never said: ‘You are not allowed to use those apps.’ She says, “I just don’t want you to publish them directly.” We have therefore paraphrased and retold them.”
Joyce responds
That made it ‘such a special situation’ for Evert. There was no anger on Joyce’s part about the publication. “Yes. That you don’t go to a lawyer and say: ‘How do you even think about confronting me with those apps?’ Apparently she didn’t mind at all that this story would finally come out.”
And now Theo’s management suddenly sends a statement from Joyce, sister Judith and ex Karin to it ANP: “We initially did not respond to the article because we do not recognize the magazine as a serious source of information. Now that more publications are following and other media are also picking up on this, there is a response to provide definitive clarity.”
Not cooperated
According to Joyce, she did not participate in the Private article. “The impression is given in the Privé that I have contributed to two articles and that I have given permission for publication. That is not the case. The journalist acted badly. I don’t want to go into details, our privacy has already been violated to a great extent.”
Joyce states that she has ‘never broken anything’. “I think it is important to share with the outside world that I do not recognize either Theo or myself in these articles.”
No denial
Domestic violence is therefore not denied by Joyce and that is noticeable. Of course, we don’t know how this statement came about anyway. Visitors from NU.nl are sceptical. “Of course they all live from BV Maassen, so this doesn’t say much. I hope that the entire app conversation becomes public and we can judge for ourselves,” says a certain Jan.
An explanation does not provide final clarity, he says. “A scan of the nose could be done to prove whether or not it has been broken to remove any doubt. People forget that these kinds of stories never stand alone. It has often been going around in that world for some time, but there is no proof.”
Loss of income
A certain Blaat is also sceptical. “Could it be that Maassen found out that this publication was coming and, together with his wife (and others), went through the consequences (huge loss of income) and decided to pretend it was all made up? Santegoeds won’t just say that.”
If Theo has nothing to hide, then after this denial it would be a logical next step to take the Private to court. Unless, of course, things will come out during such a process that are not desirable… It is striking that Theo himself does not respond in any case, but only his sister, wife and ex.
‘Where there is smoke…’
A Mr Zwart does not attach too much importance to this statement. “Are these ladies heard in a ‘safe environment’ where Mr. Maassen was unable to exert any influence or pressure on them? It happens far too often that victims do not dare to say what is really going on because they are constantly dealing with the perpetrator.”
He concludes: “I think it is wise to conduct further investigation by confidential counselors, in order to possibly get these ladies out of the yoke of abuse and mistreatment. Where there’s smoke, there is fire.”
What does Evert say?
What does Evert say about it? He states in a response to the ANP that ‘we base ourselves on app messages we have received’. “Our reporter worked neatly. Joyce had known for some time that this publication was coming.”