Civil society group, Red Thread has called for the matter involving New York-based media personality, Ossie Rodgers, who was captured on CCTV assaulting a Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice woman on October 9th to be investigated and for justice to prevail.
Rodgers, who left the country following the incident, had said that he was provoked and that he was never detained by police as it relates to the report filed by the complainant, Kamala Devi Bharrat.
Commander of Region Five, Lonsdale Withrite had refuted Rodgers’ claims and insisted that he was detained by the police after which he was released on his own recognizance. The Commander had stressed that the matter remains open and active.