Belize PM son deported
Published:Friday | October 30, 2009 | 9:09 AM
The son of Belize’s Prime Minister Dean Barrow, has been deported from the United States after spending more than 8 years in jail for his role in a 1999 New York club shooting.
Moses “Shyne” Leviy, who changed his name from Jamal Barrow, was sent to Belize on Wednesday after US immigration authorities rejected his plea to remain in the country following his release from jail on October 9.
The hip-hop artiste was convicted of first degree assault, and reckless endangerment in 2001 in relation to the shooting that involved his then mentor Sean “P.Diddy” Combs and actress Jennifer Lopez.
After Shyne’s imprisonment ended, he was held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as authorities pondered his fate.
Prime Minister Barrow had formally appealed to New York Governor David Paterson to pardon Shyne.
The entertainer’s family has also reportedly enlisted the services of Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree to try and secure a pardon from Paterson so that Shyne can re-enter the US.
His deportation ended 2 decades of residence in the US.