A former regional leader of a Bahamas-based advocacy group for survivors of murder victims was detained by police following a volatile, expletive-laced public outburst outside Nassau’s Supreme Court last week, moments after a senior judge denied bail for her 26-year-old son facing multiple counts of sexual assault against an 18-year-old woman. Wendy Fox, who previously led the Grand Bahama chapter of Family of All Murdered Victims (FOAM) until her abrupt removal from the organization in August, was escorted to Downtown Police Station by uniformed officers as she continued to vent unbridled frustration over the court’s ruling that barred her son, Romeo Alexander Storr Jr, from pre-trial release. The incident, captured in a widely shared Facebook video, shows Fox pacing near court grounds, repeatedly demanding an explanation for the bail denial, claiming the decision was rooted in unsubstantiated WhatsApp message evidence, and insisting her son could not have communicated with anyone while in pre-trial custody. Throughout the rant, she used coarse, profane language to dismiss the sexual assault allegations against Storr, publicly decrying the Bahamian justice system as corrupt and asserting her son’s innocence without reservation. Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson, in a November 6 written ruling, outlined three core justifications for rejecting Storr’s bail application: the extreme severity of the rape charge that carries a mandatory minimum 15-year prison sentence up to life imprisonment, the lack of unreasonable procedural delays that would justify pre-trial release, and substantial evidence that Storr or parties acting on his behalf had already engaged in witness intimidation. The ruling cited a sworn affidavit from the 18-year-old alleged victim detailing dozens of unwanted phone calls from Storr and his associates, as well as the circulation of a non-consensual video of the incident that left her deeply humiliated and in a state of ongoing fear. Grant-Thompson emphasized that no set of standard bail conditions could mitigate the proven risk that Storr would tamper with prosecution witnesses if released, noting that the gravity of the potential life sentence created a clear flight risk even considering Storr’s local ties to the community, including his two young daughters and his self-employment running a small business selling fresh coconut water and coconut jelly. The judge clarified that the bail hearing was not a venue to adjudicate guilt or determine whether the August 14 alleged sexual encounter was consensual, noting only that there was sufficient evidence to establish reasonable suspicion that the offence occurred, with all disputed facts reserved for a full trial. Court documents show the alleged assault took place in New Providence in the early hours of August 14, after the 18-year-old victim lost consciousness while traveling in a vehicle with a male driver and two other passengers shortly after 4 a.m. She regained consciousness around two hours later, was dropped off at what she was told was her home, and immediately reported the sexual assault to authorities after realizing she had been violated. The case sparked widespread public outcry across the Bahamas after disturbing viral voice notes describing the alleged non-consensual encounter began circulating on social media platforms, prompting a swift escalation of police investigations. Fox’s termination from FOAM was formally announced in August, shortly after she began posting public social media statements defending Storr, the central suspect in the high-profile sexual assault case. The organization’s leadership issued an immediate severance order that revoked all of Fox’s authority to represent FOAM, organize events, or collect donations on the group’s behalf, after previously stating it would defer all matters related to the investigation to local law enforcement. Prior to her public outburst outside the Supreme Court, Fox had been present at Storr’s closed August arraignment, where she was seen crying and urging her son to turn to prayer before he was remanded into custody.