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Tobago concert promoter Handel Anthony, recouped US$19,993, that was owed to him by Jah Cure on Saturday. Justice Sebastien Ventour agreed with Anthony that the Jamaican reggae superstar breached his contract with Anthony, by headlining the “It’s Jah Cure Again” concert in Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad later that night.

It was reported yesterday that Jah Cure aka Siccature Alcock was arrested at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad on Saturday around 7:30 p.m. by a Trinidad and Tobago High Court order issued by Justice Sebastien Ventour. Details surrounding the order are now surfacing. Handel Anthony, a show promoter from Tobago, went before Justice Ventour in the Hall of Justice for a special sitting of the High Court.

Anthony was represented by attorney Michael Rooplal. According to the affidavit, Anthony entered into an agreement with Jah Cure to perform at two concerts in Trinidad and Tobago on April 11 and 12, of this year. Anthony said he agreed to pay Jah Cure US$85,000 for these two performances. Anthony travelled to Jamaica, in January, to finalize arrangements for Jah Cure to perform. In pursuance of the agreement, Anthony said he paid the artist US$40,000 as a deposit.

The promoter said that on March 9, Jah Cure requested the sum of US$17,000, a sum which he promised to repay on his visit to Trinidad. He also requested another US$2,993 on another occasion. Before he was due to arrive in Trinidad and Tobago, Jah Cure then requested US$45,000, the balance due to him for the two concerts for which he has not performed.

Anthony said the Jamaican artiste agreed orally to give him exclusive rights to promote and produce his next performance in Trinidad and Tobago, which was scheduled in October. He contacted Jah Cure in August, and requested that he perform in October at the Sting Nightclub in San Fernando. He said Jah Cure declined, claiming that he did not perform in the same country more than once in any calendar year.

The Tobago promoter said he found out that Jah Cure was billed as the headline performer at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, on Saturday night at the “It’s Jah Cure Again” concert. He said this was in clear breach of the artiste’s agreement to give exclusive rights for his next performance in Trinidad and Tobago. Anthony said Jah Cure was expected to leave Trinidad yesterday with his US$19,993. He said he faced the real risk of not being able to recover his money if Jah Cure had returned to his home in Manchester, Jamaica. After hearing the ex parte application, Justice Ventour granted the application for a warrant for Jah Cure’s arrest.

The court hearing ended at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, and within the hour, Jah Cure was arrested at the Hyatt. Someone close to the Jamaican artist went to the police station, and in the presence of various people, the money, TT$126,000 in cash, was counted and handed over to Anthony. After the debt was satisfied, Jah Cure was able to leave the station at 10.30 p.m.