“I was never told by Kevin that I needed to talk to Booker and Sharmell. I was also directly told not to do that because he informed me that he kept them informed throughout the entire situation. I, throughout the entire situation, was on the phone with police, lawyers, and district attorneys. After every single one of those phone calls or interactions, I called or talked to Kevin Bernhardt personally in person and he told me each time when I asked if I needed to go to Booker that he had already talked to Booker or that he was going to talk to Booker for me so that I didn’t have to worry myself about it. I had no reason to believe otherwise after being told that by Kevin Bernhardt.”

Booker had claimed that Reed had received a trespassing decree and produced a Criminal Trespass Warning regarding the December 2022 incident. However, Rose posted a phone conversation with someone from the Texas City Police Department earlier this week where she was told no documentation existed regarding Reed receiving such a decree, and that the warning Booker referred to was misleading.

“They said that they did see that he was handled at that premises [Mainland City Center] before, but there was no trespass warning requested or issued associated with that event or any other for Shawn Reed,” Rose said. “Any claims that there is a trespass warning, it’s not a legal trespass warning, whatever they are referring to as far as those claims, it’s not something that can be upheld by the police and it’s not something, unfortunately, that can aid me in getting any kind of legal aid for my situation.”