Though she goes by the name Vanessa Champagne Paris, her given name is Perfilio Rodriguez, and he is originally from Independence Village. As we told you, Caleb Orozco's sister, Golda had an argument with Vanessa Champagne at the Orozco house where Vanessa has been a guest.

Because of Golda Orozco's report, Vanessa Champagne was charged with aggravated assault, and she was arraigned today before Magistrate Herbert Panton. As we told you, her legal name is Perfilio Rodriguez, a male, but the police prosecutor introduced her to the court as a female. That posed a bit of legal difficulty because according to the court book, Rodriguez is a man. In the end, Magistrate Panton decided that for the purposes of the law, it was most appropriate to use her given name, Perfilio and refer to her as a male. Paris pleaded not guilty to the charge, and was given bail of $300 on the condition that she cannot go near the complainant. This evening, she was unable to meet bail, and she was escorted to prison, where she will remain until she can make arrangements for bail.

But for the time being, Paris' gender is posing a bit of a quandary for the officials at the Belize Central Prison. Because she identifies as transgender, it isn't clear if she should be put in the men's or women's section. This evening, Earl Jones, the Prison CEO told us that Paris will be kept temporarily in the holding cell area until they can figure out what to do with her. He said that he had challenged his team for some time now to come up with a solution on how to deal with other transgender prisoners in case the prison needed to house such a person. He told us that his team will be meeting to come up with a strategy about where they want to put Paris, but for the time being, she will remain in the holding cell area which is a neutral space not occupied by any other prisoner.