A former Vancouver TV host charged with assaulting a police officer in a court mask-wearing dispute has been warned by a judge to get a lawyer - after firing several.
Marrett Alexander Green is charged with harming Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Const. Cain in an assault, assaulting that officer while they were engaged in their duty, and attempting to take a weapon from an officer.
The charges relate to a Jan. 26, 2021 scuffle between a man allegedly refusing to wear a mask when entering the downtown Vancouver Law Courts. Court rules at the time mandated mask use.
Police were called when the man refused to comply.
In the incident that followed, one officer suffered a broken leg.
“This was senseless. This was reckless. This was unnecessary,” VPD spokeperson Const. Tania Visintin said at the time.
Green appeared before Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Jennifer Oulton on June 3.
He told her he had fired his lawyer, prompting the Crown prosecutor to tell Oulton Green has not been retaining lawyers.
“He’s just bouncing from lawyer to lawyer,” the Crown said.
“You definitely should get a lawyer,” Oulton said.
Green was a CKVU-TV news anchor from 1994 to 1999.
