Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton has been arrested over alleged drug conspiracy charges. The singer, real name Mark Anthony Myrie, has been in custody in Miami since Thursday and is expected to be transferred to Tampa, Florida.
According to the Miami Herald, Banton will be charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilos of cocaine. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years behind bars.
Wayne Besen is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003). In 2010, Besen was awarded the “Visionary Award” at the Out Music Awards for organizing the American Prayer Hour, an event which shined a spotlight on the role American evangelicals played in the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
