Peet and Mel Viljoen stirred up huge drama by pushing the “white genocide” narrative in South Africa. Peet dropped a bunch of hardcore racist rants against black South Africans, while Mel openly said she hated working with her black co stars.
After all the legal and money troubles back home, they moved to the US but later returned to SA. Once back, Mel admitted they sounded “very racist” and regretted their bitter phase.
1.Florida Shoplifting Bust (2026) Peet and his wife Mel got arrested in Boca Raton, Florida. Cops say they were doing “ticket switching” at a Publix to walk out with thousands in fancy groceries and stuff. They were charged with aggravated grand retail theft.
2.Tammy Taylor Nails Franchise Mess case 2022/059140 (Makhabo v Viljoen and Another). US court hammered them ordered to pay R71 million for ripping off trademarks and breaking the licensing deal. Linked to all the dodgy franchise sales in SA, with Mike Bolhuis and victims calling it straight up fraud, intimidation and racketeering.
3.Johannesburg property fraud charges(2022) Peet got slapped with over 300 corruption and fraud counts for allegedly selling and transferring metro properties illegally as part of a big syndicate.
4.Asset Seizure Fight: case 004922/2024 (Viljoen and Another v Sheriff Pretoria South East and Others). The Viljoens rushed to court trying to stop the Sheriff from grabbing and selling their stuff.
5.Struck Off as Attorney: case 094/2010 (Law Society of the Northern Provinces v Viljoen). Supreme Court of Appeal case that got him kicked off the attorneys’ roll for good.
6.Hate Speech & Defamation Case: CAS 204/06/2025, opened at Brackendowns SAPS station over public stuff the couple said.
7.Old Property Fraud Appeal: Case 20116/2014 (Maringa and Another v S). The big appeal tied into that massive Johannesburg metro property scam syndicate (connects back to those 300 charges).