MONROVIA–In the end, Suspended Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports activities, Mr. Bryant McGill, has been cleared by the Liberia Nationwide Police saying there was no proof to convict him.
This was made recognized not too long ago in a press assertion launched by the police.
The Liberia Nationwide Police performed an intensive, multi-layered prison investigation following a rape allegation involving a 14-year-old minor and Mr. Bryant McGill,” the discharge stated.
It stated key investigative steps taken have been: , GSM call-data and cell-site location evaluation, Impartial GPS location verification, Assessment of accessible CCTV footage, Full DNA forensic evaluation performed by means of worldwide forensic companions”
The assertion stated the findings have been: • Telecommunications and GPS knowledge conclusively excluded Mr. McGill’s presence on the alleged crime scene in the course of the related time.
- CCTV footage didn’t help claims of his presence.
- DNA forensic outcomes excluded Mr. McGill as a contributor to organic materials recovered from the sufferer’s clothes.
- Whereas unidentified male DNA was detected, none was linked to Mr. McGill.”
“Based mostly on the totality of digital, forensic, and bodily proof, the Liberia Nationwide Police exonerated Mr. Bryant McGill from this investigation.
The assertion nevertheless stated, the investigation stays open as efforts are ongoing to determine the unknown DNA contributor(s)
This case demonstrates that the LNP will shield victims with out sacrificing equity, objectivity, or due course of,” it concluded.
Folling his vindication, Mr. McGill expressed confidence within the course of nonetheless maintained his innocence.
He stated the findings have been reached by means of knowledgeable course of that included forensic overview, witness verification, and adherence to due course of.
“I seem earlier than you as we speak to reaffirm my innocence and to put verifiable information—documented information—on the general public document,” McGill advised reporters. “The investigation discovered no proof to help the declare.”
He stated, that when he returned to Liberia from the US on August 8, 2025, to that date onward, he didn’t meet, see, or work together with the alleged sufferer at any level.
He stated this assertion fashioned a central pillar of the police investigation and was confirmed in the course of the course of that led to his clearance.
He said that the day in query was a non-working day and that he neither reported to work nor accessed his workplace on the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports activities Advanced.
He additional clarified that he doesn’t possess private entry to his workplace keys, noting that entry requires the presence of two assigned employees members. Based on McGill, neither of these employees members was obtainable on the day in query, making any alleged interplay at his workplace unattainable.
On that day during which they alleged he allegedly raped the lady, he stated he spent all the day at Alpha Area within the firm of a number of witnesses, together with Trocon Nathaniel Robers, Kelvin Sebwe, Ivan Brown, Coach Lucretius Togba, and Legal professional Kollie Dorko. He added that he returned on to his residence afterward and didn’t go away once more till the next day.
“These information are verifiable,” he emphasised, urging journalists and the general public to depend on proof somewhat than hypothesis.
On the press convention, McGill referred to as on nationwide and worldwide establishments, youth organizations, and girls’s advocacy teams to acknowledge the police findings and to use constant requirements when defending justice.
Among the many establishments he referenced have been the Federation of Liberian Youth, the Liberia Nationwide Scholar Union, the Mano River Union Youth Division, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Liberia, UN Ladies, UNICEF Liberia, and different ladies’s organizations and leaders.
He additionally urged the Minister of Gender, Youngsters and Social Safety and the Minister of Youth and Sports activities to behave swiftly in guaranteeing that evidence-based decision-making and due course of stay central to their responses.
“Justice should not be selective,” McGill stated. “Ladies’s rights should not be politicized or weaponized, and innocence should not be ignored as soon as information are established.”
He stated he cooperated totally with legislation enforcement authorities all through the investigation and pledged continued respect for the rule of legislation. Whereas he made clear that he wouldn’t litigate the matter within the media, he additionally stated he wouldn’t stay silent within the face of what he described as verified fact.
“The reality has spoken by means of lawful investigation,” he stated. “Historical past will document it precisely.”
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the career for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media shops together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Occasions, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in Worldwide Relations and a candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battle Decision from the College of Liberia.
