L.A. Lewis’ head to get tested - Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for entertainer

Horace Lewis, more popularly known as L.A. Lewis, and his co-accused will have to be evaluated by a psychiatrist before they next appear in court.

Lewis is charged along with Ras Nature Forever and Ras Wadewade Selassie I, for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA).

Parish Court Judge Monique Harrison ordered the report be done after the trio appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday. When asked if they had legal representation, Lewis said that they had not been arrested by the police, but were actually kidnapped for defending a female.

Mentally stable

Harrison then ordered the psychiatric report for the next court appearance on March 16. The trio insisted that they are mentally stable.

The allegations are that on October 3 about 2:45 p.m., Lewis and other persons were protesting in Spanish Town against the Government's orders for persons to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The police instructed that the group disperse but they refused. In addition to being charged with breaches of the DRMA, Lewis and his co-accused were subsequently arrested and charged with disobeying a constable's command and failure to move and keep on moving. They have maintained their innocence citing that they cannot be charged as they are protected by the Maroon law.

Lewis has consistently claimed to be a close relative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and has declared that he is Paramount Chief High Priest of the Nyan-Ko-Pong Maroons. However, the colonel of the Accompong Maroons recently threatened Lewis with flogging, after labeling him a troublemaker for ascribing to himself Maroon heritage.