From being a bubbly child who shared everything with her mother, an allegedly sexually abused teenager now isolates herself from her and her friends and family.
This is how the life of a 15-year-old girl has changed after her alleged abuse at the hands of a school principal, who has been arrested and placed on suspension.
The teens 42-year-old mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her child, said the incident happened last month at a private boarding school in Harrismith in the Free State.