* On August 26th, BNNVARA/NPO 3's panel game "Ranking the Stars" (hosted by Paul de Leeuw and featuring Patty Brard) attracted 402.000 viewers (market share: 8.6%).
Source: Source: NPO 3, SKO
* Patty's latest column for Weekend magazine deals with Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries. The former Luv' singer and De Vries have not been on good terms (see news posted on January 7th, 2017). Despite tensions, Patty pays tribute to De Vries because of his role in the Nicky Verstappen case. Click here to read the column.
Peter R. de Vries
The arrest of 55-year-old Dutchman Jos Brech in Barcelona last Sunday could see the most famous unsolved case in Holland brought to a conclusion.
In 1998, 11-year-old Nicky Verstappen was taken from the tent where he was sleeping during a summer camp in Limburg, in the south of the Netherlands. He was sexually abused and his body was found the following day. His family have vowed not to let the crime be forgotten, and the police got a new lead this year after taking DNA samples from 15,000 people in search of a suspect. A match was found with a relative of Brech, who had been missing since April.
The Spanish police located the man close to the town of Castellterçol, around 50 kilometres from Barcelona, “in a tent next to a house that was used as a kind of commune,” they explained on Monday. Brech was located after a Dutchman recognized him from photos made public by the police in Holland last week. They had spoken several times, and he had no doubt that it was him, officers explained. He was arrested when he went to chop wood, and has since been placed in custody without bail, and has accepted his extradition to Holland.
Brech, who is an expert at survival in hostile environments, has lived in a number of different forests since he went missing. His last known residence was a house in France. He was not located there, but detectives found his belongings and found a DNA match.
Brech was interviewed by the police in 1985 for an alleged sexual assault, but the case went no further. It has now been revealed that he has a history of abusing children. Shortly after the death of Nicky Verstappen, he was seen near where the body was found.
Three years later, Brech admitted that he had been treated “for having committed sexual abuses.” In 2002, he left the Boy Scouts, where he had been working. He also worked in a kindergarten.
The Nicky Verstappen case has been kept in the headlines thanks to the work of Peter R. Vries who regularly mentioned the crime on his TV show. “Without his help, we never would have got this far,” the victim’s mother said. “He has been a huge support for us and he has always been there, even during vacations.”
The Dutch police have requested that their Spanish colleagues hand over the suspect.
Source: Weekend, El Pais, Dutchnews.nl, RTL Boulevard...
* Earlier this week, Patty announced on social media that she lost weight again more than six months after her gastric bypass. Now she weighs 69.8 kilos. The diva will soon reach her ideal weight: 65 kilos.
RTL Boulevard video
Source: Patty Brard on social media (Instagram, Twitter...), RTL Boulevard...
* Yesterday's edition of Dutch newspaper AD featured an interview with La Brard. The ex-SBS 6 star discussed her participation in panel games and her latest TV projects ("Het Perfecte Plaatje" on RTL 4, "VetGelukkig" on NTR/NPO 3 and a recent pilot she did with Fred van Leer). Click here to read the interview.
Source: AD, Mediacourant.nl
* Earlier this week, the broadcast date of the first episode of the NTR/NPO 3's program "VetGelukkig" (hosted by Patty Brard and Diederik Jekel) was announced in the media. This new weekly TV show dealing with weight issues will air on October 30th at 8.25 pm.
Source: De Telegraaf, Weekend, De Stentor....
* The fourth episode of Patty Brard's vlog for LINDA.tv "Patty op Ibiza" was posted on August 17th and dealt with the favourite hang-outs for celebrities on the Balearic island.
Source: LINDA.tv, YouTube, Lindanieuws.nl
Source: AD, Mediacourant.nl
* Earlier this week, the broadcast date of the first episode of the NTR/NPO 3's program "VetGelukkig" (hosted by Patty Brard and Diederik Jekel) was announced in the media. This new weekly TV show dealing with weight issues will air on October 30th at 8.25 pm.
Source: De Telegraaf, Weekend, De Stentor....
* The fourth episode of Patty Brard's vlog for LINDA.tv "Patty op Ibiza" was posted on August 17th and dealt with the favourite hang-outs for celebrities on the Balearic island.
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