Oprah Winfrey due in Philadelphia Court

Miss Winfrey is about to physically be present in court in Philadelphia in a couple of weeks according to the Associated Press. The former headmistress of her school for girls in South Africa is suing Miss Winfrey for defamation, following the famous sex abuse scandal.

A federal judge this week refused to dismiss the suit filed by Winfrey’s ex-headmistress, paving the way for a March 29 trial in Philadelphia.

The billionaire talk show host, as a named defendant, must be in court and has rearranged her TV production schedule to do so, her lawyers said in a recent court filing. She also appears likely to be called as a witness.

After the abuse complaints surfaced in 2007, Winfrey said she had “lost confidence” in headmistress Nomvuyo Mzamane and was “cleaning house from top to bottom.”

So, now the lady is claiming that the above statement made it so she couldn’t find work, and is looking for $250,000 in damages. However she had another gig less than a year later.

Mzamane previously worked at the Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia and returned to the area when Winfrey declined to renew her $150,000-a-year contract in December 2007. She said she could not find work afterward, but apparently took a job at another school in South Africa in September 2008, according to court documents.

So lemme get this right… she made $150,000 a year. She got a new job less than a year later, and now she feels like Miss Winfrey owes her $250,000?

Meanwhile, little children were being abused sexually in the school that she was supposed to be running.

Wow.