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West Indies rocked by sickening allegations
The West Indies have been rocked by the news that a member of the cricket team has been accused of shocking sex offences.
One of the alleged offences includes rape.
Reports suggest 11 women are among the alleged victims, with one of the women still a teenager.
There are also claims that local authorities have 'stonewalled' the complainants since the West Indies returned from Australia following the tour in 2023-2024.
Law firm Hughes, Fields and Stoby has confirmed it is on the case.
'The allegations that were levelled by the victim were levelled two years ago,' lawyer Nigel Hughes said on local broadcaster SportsMax TV.
'An investigation was conducted and we understand that there were recommendations by the office of public prosecutions to institute charges.
'I think the evidence is pretty strong in relation to what is happening here.'
The story reportedly 'escalated' while the West Indies clashed with Australia in the first Test in Bridgetown.
In that Test, the West Indies suddenly crumbled on the third day and lost the match.
Guyana's leading news agency Kaieteur News recently reported on the story.
Officials from Cricket West Indies are not commenting on the matter.
'Cricket West Indies is unaware of the circumstances and, therefore, is not in a position to comment at this time,' CWI president Kishore Shallow recently said in a statement.
'CWI has not received any communication or official information (about the matter),' they again said on Saturday (AEST).
Hughes said no charges had been laid as yet.
He also said that the alleged matter went quiet when the team returned from the Australian tour but inquiries have again sparked up over the past few days.
The original report out of Guyana said: 'I have heard accounts from no fewer than eleven women, one of them a teenager, who allege that they have been sexually assaulted, raped, or subjected to unwanted sexual advances by him (the West Indies cricketer).'
