NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) – Police are investigating allegations that a government minister raped a woman, police said Wednesday.<\/P><\/p>\n
Police said they questioned Minister of Works and Utilities Bradley Roberts on Tuesday but did not charge him.<\/P><\/p>\n
A 47-year-old woman has accused Roberts of raping her in her Nassau home on December 4, her lawyer, Wallace Rolle, has said.<\/P><\/p>\n
Roberts, 61, denied the allegations. He said he “voluntarily presented” himself to police and “submitted to a full and frank interview in response to the allegation. I answered each and every question asked of me by the police.”<\/P><\/p>\n
“The allegation is baseless and without merit,” he added in a written statement Tuesday. “I am confident I will be exonerated.”<\/P><\/p>\n
The Punch, a local bi-weekly tabloid, first published the allegations last Thursday. The opposition Free National Movement party called for Roberts to resign after the story broke.<\/P><\/p>\n
Roberts, who is married, has been a member of parliament since 1982, and has served as chairman of the Bahamas Port Authority and the Bahamas Electricity Corporation.<\/P>
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The government has not commented on the allegations.<\/P><\/p>\n
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