Nassau, BAHAMAS- A man left homeless by Hurricane Dorian has denied exposing himself to two teenage girls at a shelter for victims of the monster storm.
Prosecutors allege that Levardo Cornish, 30, flashed the girls, ages 12 and 13, at the Poinciana Inn in New Providence on April 19.
Cornish, who is originally from Murphy Town, Abaco, denied two counts of indecent exposure at his arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.
Cornish told the court that the charges resulted from a misunderstanding.
He told the court, “I was in the private setting of my assigned residence. There is a glass door. I was about to go in the tub and the children had their backs turned to me. [They were] listening to music.
“And, for some reason, curiosity got the best of them and they looked back into my room.”
Asked if he lived with the children, Cornish said, “I’m one of the victims from Hurricane Dorian and we’re staying at the shelter. Their room is right next door and they were on the balcony.
“I was inside my room getting ready to bathe in the privacy of my own room. It’s a mix up.”
Cornish said that he didn’t mess with children, as he had three of his own by three different women.
He eventually said that he was “not guilty.”
The magistrate released Cornish on $500 self-signed bail and set his trial for July 2. As a condition of his release, Cornish must have no contact with the alleged victims.
Hurricane Dorian, one of the most destructive storms in history, wiped out thousands of homes and businesses in September 2019.
