Hollywood star Tyler Perry is offering a reward of US$100,000 for information leading to the capture of the murderer of his gay nephew in Grenada. Singer Josiah “Jonty” Robinson, 24, was found dead, on 18 June, on Morne Rouge Beach in the capital, St George’s, where he had performed a day earlier.
Homosexuality is illegal in Grenada, with same-sex acts punishable by up to 10 years in jail, while sexual orientation and gender identity are not legally protected from discrimination. A week after the singer, actor and model was found dead, local media outlet The New Today reported police sources confirming an autopsy report concluded he died from “manual strangulation”.
Now, Perry and his friend Yvette Noel-Schure are offering the reward “to anyone who brings forth information that leads to the conviction of the murderer”. Announcing the reward on Instagram, Perry said when Noel-Schure told him about the death, his mind “immediately went to Matthew Shepard, and all the other victims of racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, xenophobic, senseless violence”.
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