Akuapem Poloo convicted over nude photo with son
Actress Rosemond Alade Brown, aka Akuapem Poloo, has been convicted by an Accra Circuit Court for the publication of a nude picture with her seven-year-old son in June, last year.
The conviction came after the actress changed her plea from not guilty to guilty to all the three charges preferred against her.
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The presiding judge, Ms Christiana Cann, however, deferred sentencing to Friday, April 16, 2021.
Pregnancy test
The court will now sentence her on her own plea, but as a requirement by law, the court had to be sure of her state as a woman, hence an order for a pregnancy test to be conducted to ensure that she was not pregnant.
The actress appeared before the court in a black dress and a black face mask, with her hands folded while sobbing as she pleaded guilty to all three charges.
Brown was remanded into police custody to appear on Friday with the results of the pregnancy test before sentence would be given.
Charges
The actress, who was arraigned over the publication of a nude picture with her son in June, last year, initially pleaded not guilty to charges of publication of obscene materials, engaging in domestic violence namely a conduct that in any way undermined another person’s privacy or integrity, and engaging in domestic violence namely conduct that in any way detracted or was likely to detract from another person’s dignity and worth as a human being.
When she first appeared before the court on November 19, 2020, she pleaded not guilty.
The trial was expected to commence yesterday, but counsel for Brown, Mr Andy Vortia, informed the court that his client wanted to change her plea.
The charges and the facts were read out to her in the Twi dialect.
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Facts of the case
The facts as narrated by Chief Inspector Agartha Asantewaa were that the complainant, Mr Bright K. Appiah, was the Director of Child Rights International Ghana.
She said on June 30, last year, Brown celebrated her son’s seventh birthday and took pictures with him while she was nude and the son half-naked, and posted the pictures on her Instagram page which went viral on social media.
A write-up accompanying the picture read: “I am naked in front of you because this is how naked I was giving birth to you, so in case you find me lying somewhere, don’t pass by, but see me as your mom who brought you to life”.
The pictures attracted comments, and the prosecution said the behaviour of the accused person undermined the dignity of her son, among others.
The prosecution said the complainant petitioned the Director-General of the Police Criminal Investigations Department, and the matter was referred to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU).
Brown, the prosecution said, was arrested and in her caution statement, admitted posting the nude picture with her son unintentionally.
The prosecution held that Brown deliberately posted the pictures.
