Cayman Islands Assembly Speaker will not face charges re accusations he groped a waitress in a Florida Casino

The speaker of the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly will not face any charges following accusations that he groped a waitress in a Florida casino last month.

McKeeva Bush had been arrested after the woman alleged that the veteran politician had touched her inappropriately while she was serving at the casino in Coconut Creek, Broward County. Although the Seminole police department said at the time that the woman made a sworn affidavit and CCTV footage had been recovered, officials there have now confirmed that no charges will be filed.

Bush had protested his innocence from the moment his mug-shot appeared online and the details of the allegations emerged, and he implied, through his attorney, that the episode was a cultural misunderstanding. He filed a not guilty plea after he was released from jail, having deposited a $1,000 cash bond. Soon afterwards he returned to the Cayman Islands.