PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands: The premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Dr Michael Misick, has “strongly and categorically denied” allegations of sexual assault made against him by a female American visitor to the Islands.
Turks & Caicos Islands Premier, Michael Misick
In a televised address on Thursday, Misick said, “A few days ago, an American female, after leaving the Turks and Caicos Islands, made a false report to law enforcement officials in the United States that she had allegedly been sexually assaulted by me.” “I strongly and categorically deny these false allegations,” he went on to say. According to Misick, because an American citizen is involved, as a procedural matter law enforcement officials from the United States are observing the investigation. However, Misick said, “I am confident that I will be completely and fully exonerated of this false and outrageous allegation.” Misick said that he will not be commenting any further on the matter, due to the ongoing investigation. “I will continue my duties as premier,” Misick concluded. The allegations against Misick come on the heels of serious misgivings over the situation in the Turks and Caicos Islands, including reports of widespread government corruption, expressed just last month by members of Britain’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC). The appointment of a Commission of Enquiry to investigate and report on issues relating to the Turks and Caicos Islands that “shocked and appalled” British Member of Parliament Sir John Stanley, a member of the FAC, is a possibility that has been widely canvassed in London in recent weeks, although no announcement has yet been made in this respect by the British government. The Turks and Caicos Islands is a British Overseas Territory.