Jamaican dancehall artiste Bounty Killer said yesterday that he still loved Trinidad and promised to return for another concert after a High Court judge gave him permission to leave the country, although he has been charged with using obscene language at a concert.
Bounty Killer, whose name is Rodney Price, was arrested and charged for using obscene language on the Summerfest concert stage at Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, on Sunday morning.
When his case was called yesterday in Port-of-Spain Third Court, Magistrate Maureen Gaffoor allowed the artiste continuing bail of $25,000, and ordered that he not leave the country after he pleaded not guilty.
Bounty Killer had attempted to change his plea to guilty under the advice of his lawyer Devenish Maharaj, but Gaffoor rejected it.
She ordered him to hand over his passport to the police until the next court date, which is November 1.
The artiste, who was accompanied by his bodyguard and bailor Liz Montano, stormed out of the courtroom and into a waiting car, refusing to speak with reporters who tried to get a comment from him.
Montano is the mother of soca star Machel Montano, who was the MC for the concert which also featured another popular Jamaican dancehall singer Elephant Man.
Elephant Man did not perform after police arrested Bounty Killer.
Later in the afternoon, Bounty Killer’s attorneys Mario Meritt and Wayne Sturge went before High Court judge Prakash Moosai and applied for a variation to the bail bond.
The attorneys told the judge there was no need to hold Bounty Killer’s passport, since he made his living by travelling, and that $400 was the most he could be fined for the charge.
The judge agreed and the variation was granted, Merritt said yesterday. However, unlike his earlier departure from the magistrates’ court, Bounty Killer stopped to speak with reporters.
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