“I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment and meaningful change. I love Jewish people ...“In early 2025, I fell into a four-month-long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behaviour that destroyed my life. He wrote: “To the black community – which held me down through all of the highs and lows and the darkest of times. The black community is, unquestionably, the foundation of who I am. When you go into a manic episode, you are ill at that point.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 26, 2026 21:25 UTC