Jamaican dancehall artiste, David 'Mavado' Brooks was freed of all charges in the Sav-la-Mar courts, arising out of an incident in Negril on August 3rd. Charged separately with assault and abusive language, Mavado appeared in the Petty Sessions Court in the town yesterday morning. Within two minutes he walked out freed of the abusive language charge, with the police not wishing to pursue the matter any further.
At a sitting of night court the same day, Mavado appeared in the Resident Magistrate's court to answer the assault charge, which was also dismissed in less 5 minutes. The complainant told the court he no longer wished to proceed with the matter and the Judge instructed Mavado he was "free to go."
"The incident and resulting media coverage were blown way out of proportion," said Mavado's manager Julian Jones-Griffith. "There were many independent witnesses present on the night who were prepared to come to court and testify that Mavado did absolutely nothing wrong, that he did not lay a finger on the complainant. Having said that we are glad sense prevailed and no more time was wasted on this matter by the justice system. Mavado was never even arrested on these charges. He's become a target for people and the media eager to make negative headlines out of his name but they only help to build him. He is 100% innocent of these charges and the dismissals prove that."
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