Tommy Lee Sparta is looking to sue the Government of Jamaica over wrongful detainment.
The Gothic Dancehall artiste, real name Leroy Russell, was released from Police custody on Monday after being in lockup since July 7.
Sparta was asked to report to the Freeport Police Station in St James to answer questions about the upsurge in violence in the Flanker community.
A State of Emergency SOE instituted in the parish allowed citizens to be detained for up to 90 days without being charged. The SOEs across Jamaica ended on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s Nomination Day and the September 3 General Elections.
On Monday, the deejay’s attorney Ernest Smith, confirmed that a ruling by the tribunal found that there was no justifiable reason for Tommy Lee Sparta to have been detained under SOE regulations.
Now a free man, Sparta is looking to take the Government to court.
According to Smith, he will be filing a lawsuit against the state for keeping his client in custody with “absolutely no justification.”
