Olympic Cyclist Breaks His Silence Over Wife’s Death After Incident with His Car: 'Leave My Family Alone'
Rohan Dennis addressed the 2023 incident in a candid Instagram post
Melissa Hoskins and Rohan Dennis Credit: Melissa Hoskins Instagram NEED TO KNOW On Monday, April 6, Rohan Dennis addressed criticism over his wife Melissa Hoskins’ death in an Instagram post Dennis, 35, received a suspended sentence over his wife's death in 2023 He claimed in his latest post that journalists harassed his family at Hoskins’ funeral and on many occasions afterwards Australian Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis is hitting back at the criticism he's received following the 2023 death of his wife, Melissa Hoskins . Dennis, 35, received a 17-month suspended sentence after his wife, fellow Olympic cyclist Hoskins, with whom he shared two young children, was struck and killed by his car during an argument in December 2023. In an Instagram post shared on Monday, April 6, Dennis addressed the incident, maintaining that it was an accident while claiming that the media had spread a “false narrative” about him.
"This is simply to point out the false narrative which the media created about me for clicks,” began Dennis. “Yes it was an accident. I loved Melissa and the last thing I ever wanted was to hurt her.
Never in my life has any physical aggression crossed my mind in any disagreement with Melissa. ” “The narrative which the media ran with was clear they wanted me to look like the husband who abused his wife,” he continued. “I have ALWAYS been against any sort of abuse against women and especially the one who gave birth to my children.
” Rohan Dennis spoke out about criticism over his wife's death on Instagram, on April 6 Credit: RvS. Media/Basile Barbey/Getty; Rohan Dennis/Instagram Hoskins died after jumping on the hood of Dennis’ car as he attempted to drive away, the BBC, the Associated Press and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) previously reported. Dennis pleaded guilty to one aggravated count of creating the likelihood of harm and was sentenced to one year, four months and 28 days in jail, which was suspended for two years.