DJ Cleo issues public apology

DJ Cleo has issued a public apology for offence caused by a post he made. In the post, he was with convicted rapist Brickz. He has however said he will not remove the post as it will mean Brickz is guilty.

The DJ came under fire on social media when he posted a series of photos of himself and Brickz, which seemed to be sympathetic. In his tweet he wrote that everyone has a race to run and Brickz had fallen while running his. He went on to add that it was not yet over.

While his post split social media, DJ Cleo does not regret doing this.

“It was a metaphorical expression that I used. We know the crime, it has been publicised for four years. I don’t need to spell it out and evoke more emotions in victims or friends of victims. I was merely minding my own business and tweeting to say that this is my brother and his life is not yet over. Prisons are places of rehabilitation. Would you not visit your own father if he was in prison? Your own mother? Brother? Friend?”

He said that he does not condone rape and was even disgusted by it. He went on to apologize to anyone who may have been offended.

“It wouldn’t change anything. That is why I didn’t even delete my tweet. I stand by my words. I am sorry to anyone who may have been offended by the tweet. The intention was not to offend.

“There is no words in there that claim Brickz is a victim. No, that is a lie. To me, it was a positive tweet. The positivity around having seen him and our efforts going around to prisons.”