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Dancehall reggae star Buju Banton is temporarily free and headed home to Miami while awaiting a retrial for federal drug charges in Tampa. He was originally imprisoned without bail last December, following his arrest for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilos of cocaine. His case was declared a mistrial in September, when the jury could not decide on a verdict, and he became eligible for bail while he awaits a retrial this coming February.
Unable to post the bond himself, Banton received help from a fellow reggae star: Stephen Marley, son of Jamaican music royalty Bob Marley, who posted equity in his own home as bond — $300,000 worth. Marley is counting on Banton to not flee, but chances are slim: the Associated Press reports that before he was released, Banton agreed to wear an electronic monitoring device, sign an extradition waver and hire a private security team — at his own expense — to ensure that he doesn’t try to run away or seek asylum in his Jamaican homeland.
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