Star Sabga Bombshell Audio Leaks Online — Gary Griffith RESPONDS

UPDATE (28/07/26): Businesswoman Star Sabga was released from prison late last night (Monday 27th July, 2026). This comes after the State failed to obtain an extension of a temporary stay that had delayed her release following a High Court ruling.

Sabga is said to have walked out of the Golden Grove Prison shortly after 11:30 PM after the 6-hour stay expired without the Court of Appeal granting the State’s request for additional time.

Immediately following her release, Sabga was escorted by Police Officers to her home in Regents Park, Westmoorings, where she will remain under strict house arrest conditions, while her constitutional claim against her Preventive Detention Order (PDO) is heard by the Court.

Earlier on Monday, High Court Justice Vigel Paul ruled that Sabga should be granted interim relief, finding that her legal challenge raised serious constitutional issues that should be determined by the Court. The ruling ordered her release, pending the outcome of the case.

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UPDATE (27/07/26): Businesswoman Star Sabga is expected to return to the High Court today (Monday 27th July, 2026) as she continues her legal bid to secure her release from detention under a Preventive Detention Order (PDO). The matter is scheduled to be heard at 2:00 PM this afternoon before Justice Paul, who on Friday (24th July, 2026) reserved his decision on an application seeking to extend to Sabga the Court of Appeal’s directions granted in a related case involving Dominic Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve Hadeed.

The legal battle has been overshadowed by the circulation of the purported 15-minute leaked audio recording, which has sparked widespread debate on social media and elsewhere.

Sabga remains in custody under her PDO, while the Hadeeds were released last week after their detention orders were revoked. Justice Paul’s ruling on Sabga’s application is expected to determine the next step in her legal challenge.

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Former Minister of National Security, Gary Griffith, is calling for an immediate, independent investigation into a leaked audio recording, which purportedly captures 69-year-old Syrian businesswoman, Star Sabga, making comments that have been described as an alleged threat against Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP. Griffith argues that the apparent breach of the Strategic Services Agency’s (SSA) intelligence systems poses a greater threat than the contents of the recording itself.

The private telephone conversation between Sabga, a cheese-maker, and her niece, Genevieve “Jenna” Hadeed, was allegedly intercepted by the SSA while the pair were speaking from the privacy of their homes, and used by the State to support allegations of an assassination plot against the Prime Minister and members of her Government. The recording, which contains political anger, derogatory comments, offensive language and reckless predictions of violence against high-profile politicians, does not feature businessman Dominic Hadeed, the owner of Blue Waters.

The most alarming statements included in the audio are Sabga’s predictions of political violence, in which she clearly says, “Somebody getting a bullet in their head, eh.” Later in the recording, she utters, “The only way this thing is going to stand is when a bullet fly. That is the only way it’s going to stop.”

Listen to the leaked audio recording below:

Sabga remains detained under a Preventive Detention Order (PDO), while Genevieve Hadeed and her husband Dominic Hadeed were released days ago, subject to Court-issued conditions. The elderly Sabga has not been charged with any offence arising from the contents of the leaked audio recording — the authenticity of which has not been independently verified.

In an audio statement issued on Saturday morning (25th July, 2026), Griffith said the authenticity of the recording and whether any criminal offence had been committed should be determined by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Courts. “Whether the alleged statements amount to treason, sedition, conspiracy, a threat against a public official, or no offence at all, that is for the Police, the DPP and the Courts to decide, not for politicians, social media commentators or the public,” he said.

Griffith said his immediate concern was how what appeared to be a confidential intelligence intercept allegedly obtained through a State intelligence agency, had entered the public domain. “The immediate issue is simple. How did an alleged intelligence intercept, supposedly protected by the strictest secrecy, enter the public domain?” he questioned.

He warned that if the recording originated from the SSA, its release would represent “one of the gravest breaches of national security and intelligence confidentiality in the history of Trinidad and Tobago.”

According to Griffith, intelligence agencies are entrusted with extraordinary powers to protect the country and not to “embarrass, target or assassinate the character of citizens or advance political interests.” He said information obtained through lawful interception must remain secure and only be disclosed through proper legal channels.

Griffith said the alleged leak should concern every citizen because it raises questions about the security of private communications. “If confidential material can be removed from protected systems and circulated publicly, no one can be assured that their calls, messages or emails would not be similarly abused,” he said.

Griffith also questioned whether the audio recording involving two (2) women, reportedly used as part of the intelligence supporting a Preventive Detention Order (PDO) against Sabga and Genevieve Hadeed, met the threshold of credible intelligence. “If this was the basis for credible intelligence for that incarceration, it demonstrates the total lack of intelligence of the individual who signed the PDO based on what was deemed credible intelligence,” he said.

Griffith also criticized the decision-making process behind the PDO, saying the use of the recording as intelligence raised questions about the assessment of its credibility.

He stressed that the motive behind the leak was secondary to the breach itself. “Whether it was intended to embarrass someone, influence public opinion, advance a political narrative, undermine an investigation or prove that no offence occurred, that is all irrelevant. The breach remains the same. Intelligence material must never become political propaganda,” he said. He further warned that such disclosures could compromise ongoing investigations, expose intelligence methods, damage co-operation with local and international partners and erode confidence in both the SSA and the wider national security system.

Griffith called for an independent, immediate and transparent investigation to determine whether the recording is authentic, whether it originated from the SSA, who accessed, copied or distributed it, whether proper security procedures were followed, and whether any politician, public official or intelligence officer authorized, facilitated or benefited from its release.

He argued that the investigation should not be conducted solely by the agency whose systems may have been compromised. Those responsible for safeguarding the material, he said, should be removed from operational duties, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Griffith added that if the recording did originate from the SSA, the agency’s leadership should also be held accountable and face disciplinary and criminal investigations where appropriate.

He also called on Minister of Homeland Security, Roger Alexander, who has responsibility for the SSA, to explain how highly sensitive intelligence material allegedly reached the public. “The country deserves answers, accountability and immediate corrective action,” Griffith said, while urging a comprehensive review of the SSA’s leadership, security systems, access controls, oversight mechanisms and political independence.

Meanwhile, while responding to questions from Guardian Media regarding the leaked audio recording, Minister of Housing, Phillip Edward Alexander, said the recording appeared genuine to him but stopped short of commenting on whether it justified the legal action taken against those named.

Asked whether he believed the audio was authentic, Alexander replied, “Yes, it sounded authentic to me.”

Alexander, however, rejected Griffith’s call for an investigation under the former Police Commissioner’s leadership, saying Griffith lacked the credibility to comment on the matter.

“Unfortunately, Gary Griffith has lost all moral authority to speak, and his sliding scale of ethics makes his opinion worthless,” Alexander said.

More on this as it becomes available.

[Source: T&T Guardian]

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