An anonymous accuser has changed her story and ended her lawsuit alleging that Virgin Islands belonger Dr. Henry Jarecki coerced her into sex slavery in the early 2010s with the …
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June 6, 2024
Accused of rape, Jarecki says relationship was ‘consensual’
Ninety-one-year-old billionaire Dr. Henry Jarecki — the owner of Guana and Norman islands in the Virgin Islands — has been sued in United States court by a female model who …
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May 24, 2021
BVI Airways’ $10m claim flops, but gov’t still chasing $7.2m
After receiving $7.2 million in taxpayer money to launch a commercial airline that never got off the ground, BVI Airways partners took the government to arbitration in 2019 in an …
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October 5, 2020
Special Report: Lawyer claims he forgot getting $100,000 from BVI Airways
Shortly after government hired a law firm to recover $7.2 million in taxpayer money paid to the now-defunct BVI Airways, Washington DC attorney Lester Hyman told an investigator in July …
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August 11, 2020
Privy Council ruling could cost VI $30 million
After spending more than six years in court and seven figures in legal fees, Chuck Peterson said a tear came to his eye this month when he won his case …
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August 16, 2019
Government has paid $130k of Willock-Vanterpool legal battle
The total cost of the legal battle between Speaker of the House Julian Willock and Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool totaled $270,000, and government has paid $130,000 of that so …
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June 27, 2019
Speaker mum on why he dropped Vanterpool appeal
The day after public urging from Premier Andrew Fahie, Speaker of the House Julian Willock last week dropped his appeal against a High Court order to swear in Mark Vanterpool …
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