Marco Borsato is being significantly disadvantaged by a rather creative transcription of the so-called ‘bag on the table’ conversation with the mother of his complainant, says journalist Vivienne Groenewoud.
Journalist Vivienne Groenewoud, who was present at both hearing days of the fornication case against Marco Borsato, is critical of the evidence against the singer. One of the most important pieces of evidence is an audio conversation with Marco, which his complainant’s mother secretly recorded by putting her bag on the table.
Question mark
The transcription of this is not completely honest, Vivienne notes in a message X. “The report of the ‘bag on the table’ conversation secretly recorded by the mother stated that Marco confirmed that he had touched the girl. He allegedly said: ‘I touched her between the legs.’”
She continues: “Only: in the transcription that sentence is written with a period, instead of with a question mark as Marco said, as could be heard on the audio recording: ‘I touched her between the legs?’ As in: in disbelief he repeated what he was accused of. This is considered a confession!”
Buy lingerie
There is another striking point, according to Vivienne. “With the story about buying lingerie. Marco went with the girl to buy school supplies and the mother called or texted – I don’t know: ‘She also needs underwear, can you go buy some underwear with her?’”
She concludes: “Marco then went to Hunkemöller with the daughter, bought underwear, came home and the mother said: ‘Would you please adjust that and show me what you bought’. That sounds very different than if he would have bought lingerie with her on his own initiative, doesn’t it?”