Attorney Orson Elrington Committed to Stand Trial for Rape

Attorney Orson Elrington, also known as OJ, has been committed to stand trial for the charge of rape following a preliminary inquiry held this morning in Belize City.

Elrington’s attorney, Hubert Elrington, is expected to challenge the decision in the High Court. He told reporters, “The DPP has brought a case, right? And her first duty is to show that there is a difference between a crime and a non-crime.  The magistrate must look at it and says if the evidence discloses a crime or the evidence discloses a non-crime,  but she doesn’t even understand that that is the duty. So where do you go? You have to go to the high court.”

Meanwhile, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl Lynn Vidal, stated, We didn’t think that there was any likelihood that he would not have been committed to stand trial.” She says she looks forward to the defendant’s challenge in the high court.

On March 8th, Orson was charged with rape and granted bail of eight thousand dollars plus one surety.

According to reports, two women have alleged that Elrington raped them. In January, Police Commissioner Chester Williams informed reporters, “According to them, while on their way home, the attorney told them they would stop at his house for one final drink before he took them home. They agreed, and upon stopping at his house, they continued to drink and took some shots of tequila. One of the women said she drank to the extent that she could not recall what happened after leaving the nightclub until the next morning when she woke up in the nude beside the attorney, who was also semi-nude. Her friend, who was there with her, told her certain things. According to them, while they were at the house drinking, they began to become intimate, which led to him having sexual intercourse with them against their will. The next morning, when they went home, the woman from Belize City told her boyfriend what transpired, and he advised her to report the matter to the police.”