Accused ambassador Alexis Rosado has broken his silence after a News 5 team approached him for comment outside court this afternoon. Rosado faces multiple criminal charges stemming from sexual assault allegations dating back to 2021. He declined to comment on the allegations, but said he continues to do his work as an agent for Belize in the ICJ case. Inside the Belmopan courtroom, his defence team told the court that he has retained Jamaican attorney Deborah Martin as lead counsel. Representing Rosado today was attorney Leeroy Banner. Here’s how today unfolded in Belmopan:
Shane Williams
Any comment ambassador?
Alexis Rosado
Alexis Rosado, Accused
“Talk to my attorney. I can’t speak on this. You know that.”
Shane Williams
“How about, how is it affecting your preparation for the ICJ case?”
Alexis Rosado
“I can’t speak on any of this, sorry.”
Shane Williams
“But you are still assisting with the case?
Alexis Rosado
“That is part of my job.”
Leeroy Banner
Leeroy Banner, Attorney for Alexis Rosado
“What happened is that on the last occasion the trial judge had given us up until today to indicate to the court whether or not Mr. Rosado will retain new lead counsel. We are happy to report that he has secured the services of an attorney from Jamaica, Ms. Deborah Martin, and we had indicated that today to the court. So she is on the record to represent Ambassador Rosado as the lead attorney. That’s how that took place. The judge set dates for a CMC on November 20th. We come back on that date and then trial dates were set as well.”
Reporter
“What is expected to happen when you come back on November 20th?”
Leeroy Banner
“Just to indicate to the court whether or not we will amend our CMC forms and to indicate to the court what witnesses we would like to have justified and so on. So CMC is just basically to indicate to the court what our positions are in terms of certain witnesses.”
Banner says that about five to eight witnesses are expected to participated in this trial.
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