Carl Parker, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) for Region 9, was yesterday charged with sexual assault.
The 53-year-old Parker was read the charge by Magistrate Judy Latchman during an in-camera hearing.
Parker was later released on $200,000 bail. He is due to appear before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on February, 16.
Speaking with the media yesterday, attorney Jerome Khan, said his client has been “high-tech lynched” in the press and has been tried, prosecuted and found guilty on Facebook.