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Rohan Dennis Denies Intent in Wife’s Death, Alleges “False Narrative” by Media

The Instagram statement seeks to recast his role in a case where a judge said he was not criminally responsible for Melissa Hoskins’s death.

Overview

  • Dennis, who posted a four‑page Instagram statement Monday, called his wife’s death an accident and asked journalists to leave his family alone.
  • He alleged reporters harassed his family after the funeral, including asking in front of his young daughter if he was a murderer.
  • The post followed backlash over a March Instagram caption praising a Porsche as “an absolute weapon,” which South Australia’s Victims’ Rights Commissioner called deeply offensive.
  • Dennis previously pleaded guilty to an aggravated act likely to cause harm and received a 17‑month jail term suspended for two years, a five‑year driving ban, and a good‑behaviour bond.
  • Court reporting said the couple argued, Hoskins climbed onto the bonnet, and Dennis drove away before she fell and was fatally injured, leaving him the sole carer of their two children.