A WELL-KNOWN sex worker on Friday appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly on an alleged rape charge.

The court heard that on December 24, 2017 at Station Street, Kitty, Otis Pearson known as “Otisha” was engaged in a sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16. He was not required to plead.

The prosecutor had no objection to bail but under the conditions that the defendant lodges his passport with the court and that he reports every Friday to the Brickdam Police Station.
Bail was granted by Magistrate Leron Daly in the sum of $300,000 and the matter was adjourned for July 19, 2018 when Pearson will make an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

Pearson was in March this year arrested, after accusations were leveled against him in relation to having sexual relations with under-aged boys.
The Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) had assisted the police in the probe and a file was compiled and sent to the DPP Chambers for legal advice.
CC&PA’s Director Ann Green who had conducted interviews said that the alleged victims are under the age 16.

Pearson had been very vocal on social media and was reported as saying during a television interview that he “has a young boy for every day of the week.”
But Pearson has claimed that the statement was misinterpreted and he denied having sexual relations with “little boys.” He was accompanied by SASOD leader Joel Simpson when he made the denial.

However, a photograph later appeared with him (Pearson) in the company of a young boy.