Lara Accused of Abuse

The Trinidad Express is reporting that the big bad Brian Lara has been accused of physically abusing his British girlfriend Lynnsey Ward at his mansion on Cotton Hill, St Clair, on Boxing Night. Apparently, Lara's time management problems caused an argument and, before long, the police was involved.

Ward reported to St Clair Police that she was at Lara?s home around 10 p.m. on Wednesday when they got into an argument over their lateness to attend a party.

Ward claimed that Lara?whose left arm has been in a cast since dislocating his shoulder in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the third match of the recently-concluded LG Abans One-Day series in that country?hit her several times.

Ward told police she left the house immediately and went to the Port of Spain General Hospital for treatment. There, she was examined by the doctor on duty and asked to be directed to the nearest police station. She reported the incident first to the nearby Belmont station, but was referred to the St Clair Police Station, a stone?s throw from Lara?s house.

The British model, who has been associated with Lara for the last year, repeated her allegations to St Clair Police. However, she indicated she did not want to press charges against Lara, but wanted to have him warned.

Ward was escorted back to the house, where she removed her belongings and checked into the Hilton Trinidad. Ward reportedly left the country on Thursday.

Neither Lara nor his attorney, Cecil Camacho, could be contacted for comment.

Ward was selected from a list of over 1,000 girls as the Daily Star?s Millennium Babe in 1999 and her modelling career has since taken off. She works with Britain?s top modelling agency Premier, and has been featured on a series of magazine covers.