Authored by former Eyewitness News reporter, Liezl Thom, and Forensic Profiler, Laurie Pieters, Shattered Lives — The Story of Advocate Barbie is a behind-the-hype account of the human tragedy that began in the affluent suburb of Raslouw, then took a nasty turn on the streets of Sunnyside, eventually ending as the doors of Pretoria Central Prison slammed shut behind “Advocate Barbie.”

Shattered Lives looks at much more than the circumstances that shaped Cezanne Visser and her life with Dirk Prinsloo, it also unravels the little that is known about the man Visser worshipped as her “sex god.” The book explores the stories of the numerous victims, as well as the emotional and physical implosion of self-confessed child prostitute and drug addict, Jeannine du Plessis, who died a lonely death in the Botswana bushveld.

Careers were destroyed and lives torn apart as the advocate couple played Russian Roulette with the futures of the innocent. Shattered Lives reveals the tragic aftermath of the lover’s destructive relationship and brings to the fore many previously unknown and intimate details of their escapades.