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Sydney Ellis Wants Answers For Beatdown
posted (March 7, 2019)
Since Monday, we've been telling you about the bizarre case of Richard Ellis. He says that last week Thursday, he was assaulted, and stabbed, and he has the injuries to show for it - and, looking at this picture, we won't argue. Police initially charged Tanesha Payne for it, but as we told you, all charges were withdrawn against her yesterday in the Magistrate's Court.

She is free and clear, but the question remains. Who did it, and will anyone be prosecuted?

Ellis insists that someone must answer for his injuries. He has retained attorney Bryan Neal to press the issue on his behalf, and today, he granted us an interview discussing why he is not backing down. Here's a small snippet of it:

Reporter
"You're pushing for the case to be properly investigated and prosecuted. What happens of you encounter the challenges or resistance that nobody wants to pursue the matter on your behalf?"

Richard Ellis, Claims Assault
"Well, I don't know what to say."

We've since learned that his attorney has written to DPP Cheryl-Lynn Vidal seeking clarification on the matter. We contacted her for comment today, but up until news time, she hasn't responded.

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