Where are the Roast Busters ?

A “gang” of teenage boys who boasted on social media about their sexual activity with underage and drunk girls. Claims of rape by the group at West Auckland parties.

A botched police investigation. The Roast Busters were said to be a group of teenage boys led by Joseph Parker — the son of actor Anthony Ray Parker — and Beraiah Hales.

Police investigated the group several times after a 13-year-old made a formal complaint about the youths in 2011.

At least four other girls came forward and made formal statements.

No one was ever charged in relation to the allegations — despite the police investigation and an exhaustive review — due to a lack of evidence.

The young woman who was 13 when she was allegedly assaulted did not want to speak about her life five years on from the Roast Busters saga.

She said it had been a “long and hard process” going through the police investigation which turned out to be “an absolute waste of time”.

In January 2014 Hales was the first Roast Buster to speak in an interview with the Herald, saying he was “one of the most hated people in New Zealand”.

He denied any wrongdoing. Hales has spent time living out of Auckland.

He declined to speak about his life after the investigation, sending a thumbs down emoji in response to a request for an interview.

Parker spoke out earlier this year to promote a crowdfunding campaign to launch his music career.

Now reportedly based in Los Angeles, Parker claimed he was a born-again Christian and no longer used drugs or alcohol.

In December, Parker uploaded a song on YouTube called Trophies which addresses Roast Busters.