Is Buju really worth $US4MM?

[Plush]

NOw it's even more believable that him did a try mek a quick cookie

Buju Banton defense fund set up

Lawyer says trial has taken a financial toll

BY PAUL HENRY Observer reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com


Friday, October 08, 2010





DAVID Markus, the defence attorney representing Jamaican Reggae singer Buju Banton has set up a fund to assist the cash-strapped artiste pay his legal fees for the upcoming retrial in December.


Banton...trial has taken a financial toll on his pocket.
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Markus told the Observer that the cost of the first trial has taken a huge financial toll on the artiste and asked fans, friends and supporters of the artiste to assist in any way they can.

Funds can be wired to:

Markus & Markus, PLLC

(Defense Fund for Buju Banton)

40 NW Third Street

PH 1

Miami, FL 33128

Citibank, N A

Coral Way Branch

1600 Coral Way

Miami, FL 33145

ABA # 266086554

Account # 9118130472

For international wires the Swift Code is CITIUS33.

Banton will know next week if he will be given bail as United States judge Anthony Porcelli reserved his judgement when Markus argued for bail this week.

He faces a sentence of 20 years to life if he is found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more kiolgrammes of cocaine.

Banton's first trial in September ended in a mistrial after a panel of jurors failed to come to a unanimous verdict, following three days of deliberations.

He has been languishing in the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa. Florida for almost ten months after he was arrested by Federal Agents at his home in Tamarac, South Florida.

[Hortical]

Most of these artists live fi now, and dem do not manage their financial affairs appropriately.

[HL]

Thought about what it must be like to transition from performing artists to being in jail. Could not be a good experience.

I sympathize with his plight.

Hope he gets off. And if he gets off... he does not surround himself with folks who share the sentiment that X spewed in a few threads below.

"That's all I have to say about that"

--F. Gump

[Reggaedoc]

A real tragedy indeed. I was of the opinion that he was guilty, admittedly without good reason. Just a gut feeling. He had his day in court, and my opinion has changed. There doesn't seem to be any clear evidence of his guilt. I was one who had dismissed the gay conspiracy theory, but the recent developments have really got me wondering. It seems to be nearing a travesty of justice.