The man accused of extorting money from popular actor Oliver Samuels and stealing two high-end phones from his house was on Monday remanded when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
His case will again be mentioned on September 7.
Twenty-nine-year-old Junior Webster Sommerville was in June charged with extortion, threatening to commit murder and larceny.
Sommerville is accused of extorting more than $100,000 from Samuels and stealing two phones, valued at nearly $200,000, from the 66-year-old actor.
Samuels reportedly met Sommerville in March this year and the two developed a relationship. Sommerville allegedly stole two Samsung Galaxy phones from Samuels’ St Andrew home in May.
It’s also alleged that Sommerville began extorting money from Samuels and threatened to kill him if he refused to pay up. He reportedly extorted more than $130,000 in May and early June from the actor.
Following repeated death threats, Samuels reported the matter to the police and Sommerville was arrested and charged on June 8. He was later released on bail.
Sommerville had been offered bail previously but it was revoked after Samuels told the court that the accused man had been sending threats to his family members while he was off the island.
Racquel Porter
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DWLLLLL @ Oliver MAN oh gosh Met is killing me!!! :hammer
Oonu leave Oliver alone…he’s a national treasure…like Miss Lou. He might be as gay as a three dollar bill but he has contributed a lot more to our country than those leeches in Parliament.
“Oliver man” I’m haffi laugh althu mi childhood just got killed. What about girlie ?
Mi seh Met mi kin right out and right over when mi read di headline , Oliver Man :ngakak :ngakak :….. no man di title shot #realtears
All who neva kno Oliver Samuels gay , neva did a look. Mi huh business as it is expected that many in an entertainment fraternity are gay. That has always been the way of the world and why Jamaica thinks that her entertainment industry would be uniquely non gay is a mystery.
Oliver has contributed more than he has taken away and he hasn’t jumped on any “Jamaica is uniquely homophobic” bandwagon as a substitute for talent (yes Diana King a yuh mi a luk pon).
Because he was closeted to those who cannot see does not give the right for a loose hole batty boy fi nuh luk a werk and stop try blackmail gay elders out of their hard earned money. Is shame and self hate that this extortionist a perpetrate and he along with transgender women who can’t keep their mouths shut when they are grinding for money closeted men who fuel homophobia against their own community, not old head gays who are going about their business without a need for fanfare just because they are gay.
I say all this as somebody who would have a problem (that I would have to come to terms with) if any of my of grandchildren were gay, but who knows that at least two relatives in my extended family must be gay but are not saying. They are not going through the rigmarole of “having a girlfriend” though, else I would have to light them up. That Downlow stuff is another thing that disgusts me.