Tim Hofman has never spoken to Linda de Mol about the riot surrounding The Voice of Holland. Her then love partner Jeroen Rietbergen turned out to be one of the perverts in the program.
The abuse scandal surrounding The Voice of Holland surfaced at the beginning of this year after a thorough investigation by Tim Hofman and his team. It started with two candidates who reported to him in March 2021 with a horrible story about coach Ali B. They had been referred by the magazine LINDA., where the ladies knocked in June 2020.
From LINDA. to Tim
Linda de Mol herself was ‘confidentially informed’. The magazine ultimately did nothing with the women’s story, because the editors in chief found the evidence too sparse and the editorial staff “isn’t equipped for investigative journalism.” Internally, Linda has never acted upon her knowledge of Ali’s alleged misconduct.
The ladies have LINDA. then asked for a referral to Tim. “I have to say: the moment we decided to start working on it, we never had any contact with the magazine LINDA again. had,” says the presenter in College Tour, which was broadcast on NPO 2 yesterday.
Tim believes Linda
Host Twan Huys: “Didn’t you think it was strange that a women’s magazine didn’t want to publish that story or that they thought: we can’t do it? That was the official story: ‘We weren’t founded for it.’ †
Tim: “No, that’s true. It requires a lot of research and they didn’t get it from a journalistic point of view. Then the victims themselves said: ‘Can you call Tim Hofman?’ That was done and then we actually started talking. Of course we asked the question: ‘Is it because the magazine LINDA. hot?’ We are assured of not and I believed that.”
Not spoken
During the investigation, Tim found out that Linda’s own love partner Jeroen Rietbergen was also guilty of transgressive behavior at The Voice.
Twan: “Have you ever talked to her about it? With Linda de Mol?”
Tim: “No.”
Twan: “Wouldn’t you?”
Tim: “No, no.”
Linda is still accused that she should have done something with her knowledge about Ali B, for example informing her brother John de Mol confidentially. After all, he has worked with the rapper for a long time after that.
John wanted Tim
Tim also tells in College Tour that he has been polled by one of John de Mol’s many bobo’s. However, he does not want to leave the public broadcaster. “I’m not going anywhere. I think I once got a call from a commercial. Then I was in the Gamma and they said, ‘The big boss wants to talk to you.’”
And then? “Then I said: ‘But I don’t feel like it’, and then I hung up because I had to pay. Then my manager called, “What the f*ck did you say?” That is how much I feel like leaving BNNVARA.”
Did John call himself? “No, not yourself. It is someone who phoned on behalf of Talpa: ‘John wants to sit down with you.’ I’m just fine.”
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