Jamaican dancehall artiste Rodney Price, better known as Bounty Killer, "should not be treated any differently" from other persons who face the laws of Trinidad and Tobago.
This, according to Magistrate David Harris after Price, 30, made his second appearance before him in the Port of Spain Magistrate's Fifth Court.
He was in court for using obscene language at the Summer Fest concert on August 14 at the Queen's Park Savannah.
PC Andre Forgenie of the Central Police Station laid the charge.
At his first court appearance before Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor in the Third Court, Price pleaded guilty to the charge and maintained his guilt yesterday.
He was represented by attorney Wayne Sturge.
Sturge told the court that Price accepted the facts but added that he did not get a chance to explain to his arresting officer at the point of his arrest.
Price cursed out of frustration, Sturge told the magistrate, because he was getting problems with the sound engineering during his performance.
Sturge added that Price had apologised immediately after.
Price was not of the same "ilk" as 50 Cent, Sturge said, and did not spew expletives.
The entertainer has performed here five times prior to the incident, Sturge added, and he has never been in trouble with the law.
In closing, Sturge asked Harris not to impose the maximum fine, which he said should only be imposed in extreme circumstances.
Harris then fined Price TT$400 (US$63.73) and bonded him to keep the peace for two years, which if he did not, will result in him facing 14 days simple imprisonment.
