![]() ![]() But it found them not guilty of many other charges. The jury found that Zolt and Steinberg violated federal racketeering laws, defrauded the estate, were negligent and tried to conceal their wrongful acts from the estate. ![]() Stein-berg of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., of backdating documents and forging Marley's signature to remove assets from the estate. The lawsuit accused Rita Marley, accountant Marvin Zolt of New York and lawyer David J. Ten percent of the estate went to Rita Marley and 90 percent went to his 11 children, in accordance with Jamaican law. Besides four children he fathered with Rita Marley, he had seven other children. When he died, the Jamaican star with dreadlocks and Rastafarian beliefs had an estate worth about $30 million. But he left no will, causing a legal fight that has cost the estate millions of dollars. Marley left plenty of music, including such hits as "I Shot the Sheriff" and "War" when he died of cancer in 1981. Reid Bingham had sought at least $14 million plus damages. The civil racketeering lawsuit filed by estate administrator J. Marley, who recently wrapped up filming of the Paramount Studios Bob Marley biopic on the island, said he attempted to book the Sea Salt Villa at Old Fort Bay in Ocho Rios last month, but, according to the singer, the owner allegedly refused because he does not rent his property to Jamaicans. 53-y-o arrested, charged with illegal firearm. ![]() "I'm very happy, very proud."The jury ordered the lawyer and accountant to pay the estate just over $2 million in damages. Rita Marley, widow of the late iconic reggae artiste, Bob Marley and former member of singing group the I Threes was among 21 persons to receive honorary doctorates from the University of The West. "It was unbelievable," Rita Marley said after the ruling Monday. A federal jury ruled that Bob Marley's widow wasn't responsible for helping siphon more than $20 million from the reggae star's estate, but jurors did find that a lawyer and an accountant committed fraud. ![]()
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