Charlize Sobbed Under a Blanket While Her Dad Died, Report Reveals

The book includes testimony from Charlize taken by police after the 1991 shooting death of Charles Theron.

In her statement, Charlize (then 15) told officers, “Someone hammered on the kitchen door. I told my mom that it was my dad. My father said he would shoot us both dead with his shotgun. My mom said she was afraid he would kill us. The next moment I heard a number of shots. Then I heard her screaming.”

The police report also reveals that Charles’ brother, Danie, was wounded in the hand during the incident. Charlize continued: “When I went into the passage, I saw my father’s brother standing. My mom was sitting in a corner of the bedroom. My mother wept and said, ‘Charlize, I’ve shot them.’ Then I saw the body of my father.”

Charles’ sister, Elsa Malan, tells the book’s author, Chris Karsten, that she later found Charlize under a blanket as Charles lay dying.

The shooting was ruled self-defense and the Oscar winner’s mother, Gerda, was never prosecuted. Charlize and her mother have always maintained that Charles was an abusive alcoholic. Nevertheless, the actress still grieves his death.

“I so wish he was around,” she once told The Guardian. “I wouldn’t wish something like that on anybody. Nobody deserves that. It was very, very sad what happened.”

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