KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Still embroiled in a legal battle with a female police officer who claimed he raped her, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been accused of indecently assaulting another woman.

Attorney Kay Bacchus-Browne, who has been retained to represent the woman, confirmed at a news conference Wednesday that the matter was filed March 13 and the Vincentian leader was summoned to appear before the Family Court on April 14.

The Family Court is a closed court so the media will be barred from the proceedings.

The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) understands the case stems from an alleged incident in January of 2004, but Gonsalves has denied the accusations.

"It is all falsehood . . . . I will let my lawyers deal with that," he told CMC, contending that he was concentrating on the job of running the country.

Meanwhile, the legal team for the policewoman who accused Gonsalves of raping her on January 3 at his official residence have vowed to take the matter all the way to the Privy Council and even to the International Court of Justice if they have to.

"We are 100 per cent behind her. We intend to exhaust all legal processes in this matter," said Bacchus-Browne who, along with Emery Robertson, Sharon Morris Cummings and Nicole Sylvester, is representing the complainant.

The lawyers officially announced Wednesday they had filed for leave to appeal High Court judge Justice Gertel Thom's ruling in the case.

Justice Thom ruled that there were no grounds for her to grant leave for an appeal of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Colin Williams' decision to wholly discontinue the charges of rape and sexual assault against the prime minister.

The complainant's attorney said they had also sent a letter to Commissioner of Police Keith Miller, which contained new evidence in the matter. The letter was also copied to the DPP.

Both Williams and Miller had stated that based on the evidence originally provided to them, they found no suggestion of wrongdoing on Gonsalves' part.

The DPP said that even after reviewing the "new evidence" contained in the letter, he continued to hold that position.

He said his stance on the matter had been forwarded to the commissioner. (CMC)