However, the signed statement of another woman -- whom I shall refer to only by her first name, Vanessa -- tends to corroborate the Premier’s denial. Not least because she claims to have not only witnessed but also participated in the sexual acts that gave rise to the allegations.

Specifically, Vanessa states that she and the Premier began a sexual relationship in Paris sometime in February. Further, that she was a houseguest at his residence in TCI on March 28 when the alleged rape occurred. She confirms that the Premier’s wife, First Lady LisaRaye, was traveling at the time.

Vanessa states that the Premier threw a party at which “everyone was having a good time drinking and singing and going into the pool.” And that at some point, just she and the Premier’s accuser – whom I shall refer to only by her first name, Cynthia - ended up in the pool together.

Vanessa states that after a little girl talk, Cynthia suggested they get naked. She notes here that fellow partiers “Mike Pernod and Andrew Ashcroft walked by the pool at one point and saw them but left after saying hello.”

Vanessa states that Cynthia then “surprised” her with a kiss on the lips. And that they then proceeded to engage in lesbian sex acts that “went on for a long time.”

Vanessa states that at some point the Premier arrived and saw them in flagrante delicto. Further, that she invited him to join in the fun and that he took off his clothes and jumped right in. At this point, she claims that their ménage-a-trois involved her having “sexual contact even while Cynthia was having sexual intercourse with the Premier.”

Vanessa states, more to the point, that:

“...at no time during their sexual encounter did she hear any complaints from Cynthia....”

Vanessa then states that after a while, they “all agreed to continue inside the guesthouse,” but soon they all fell asleep.

Vanessa states that she heard the Premier get up and leave the next morning. And that when Cynthia finally got up Vanessa “asked how she was feeling and started to talk about all the sex with her and the Premier.”

Vanessa states that she was “very hurt” when Cynthia became “uptight and agitated”; especially when Cynthia insisted that:

“...she didn’t remember anything about that and she has a boyfriend and... she doesn’t do that...”

Vanessa ends her statement by noting that “the Premier along with Ashcroft came to the guesthouse” later that morning. And that after pleasantries, during which “Cynthia didn’t say anything” to the Premier about being raped, Ashcroft drove her to her hotel at Nikki Beach.

And that’s the material thrust of her statement! (Incidentally, I have omitted the more pornographic parts of her statement in the interest of public decency.)