A court date is yet to be determined for popular selector DJ Kentucky who was arrested and charged on Thursday following allegations that he raped a 12-year-old student from Montego Bay in St James.

The selector, whose real name is Shawn Stewart, allegedly committed the sexual act with an underaged female student on August 18, 2022.

“A court date is yet to be finalised for the selector to appear before a judge,” an investigator at the Mount Salem Police Station, told the Jamaica Observer.

It is unclear if the selector has retained a lawyer as yet.

According to the police, on August 18, 2022 the student asked Stewart to assist her to purchase a birthday gift for her mother, and he told her to come to his house for the money.

It is alleged that DJ Kentucky then held the child while she was at his home and forced her to have sex, after which he took her to a location in Montego Bay in his vehicle and dropped her off.

The child reported the incident to her parents. A report was made to the police. Stewart turned himself over to the Freeport police in the company of his attorney on Thursday, where he was questioned and subsequently charged.

DJ Kentucky is a popular selector on the dancehall scene, known for organising several events.

A child under 16 years of age cannot legally consent to sexual intercourse. The penalty for having sexual intercourse with a child who is under 16 is imprisonment for not exceeding 15 years.