The attorney representing a Michigan man whose wife reportedly fell overboard while boating in the Bahamas says her client denies any wrongdoing and has been cooperating with authorities.
Bahamas-based attorney Terrel A. Butler told NBC 5 Investigates during a brief phone conversation Thursday that she expected her client Brian Hooker to be transferred to Grand Bahamas.
As of Thursday morning, Butler had not spoken to Hooker and it was unclear when he would be transferred to Freeport, she told NBC News.
“Mr. Hooker categorically and unequivocally denies any wrongdoing, and in particular the allegations recently made by [his stepdaughter] Karli Aylesworth. He has been cooperating with the relevant authorities …” according to a statement released by Butler.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force previously shared Hooker’s account of what he says transpired Saturday evening, that while boating in the Bahamas, his wife Lynette Hooker fell overboard from their eight-foot dinghy with the boat keys, stopping the boat’s engine and leading Brian Hooker to have to paddle to shore.
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In a Facebook post before his arrest, Hooker wrote he was “heartbroken over the recent boat accident in unpredictable seas and high winds …” and that “despite desperate attempts to reach her, the winds and currents drove us further apart… .”
On Wednesday, NBC 5 Investigates spoke to Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, who said she had questions and concerns about what happened to her mother. She described the relationship between her mother and stepfather as “rocky at best.”
“I’m still in a lot of shock right now that this is even a conversation, but I’m doing okay for what it is,” she said.
Aylesworth said her mother was an experienced mariner, in shape and unlikely to have fallen overboard, but acknowledged it’s unclear what happened.
When asked if there was anything within their relationship that prompted her concerns, she said: “I just know they fight more when they drink and there’s been past issues that happened when they drank.”
More than 10 years ago, a police report from Michigan details a domestic violence complaint in which Lynette Hooker was arrested. The report states Hooker alleged that he’d been punched by Lynette Hooker and that he “had a bloody nose that was red and swollen.”
The report states Lynette Hooker claimed Hooker assaulted her. According to the report, prosecutors later determined there “was insufficient evidence as to who started the assault.” The local court system in Michigan told NBC News it had no case associated with the incident.
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