Dancehall artiste Lisa Hyper is again within the headlines following latest authorized developments each in the USA and Jamaica. The entertainer, recognized for her early affiliation with Vybz Kartel’s Portmore Empire, has been navigating a collection of authorized challenges in latest months.
Hyper, whose actual title is Felicia Gooden, was just lately cleared of trespassing costs in Florida. The matter was dismissed by a U.S. choose after the complainant failed to look in courtroom. With no proof introduced by the prosecution, the case was faraway from the trial record and formally dismissed. The choose confirmed there could be no additional proceedings, successfully closing the matter.
The costs stemmed from a minor incident that occurred throughout her keep within the U.S. earlier this 12 months. On the time, Hyper had been coping with private points that reportedly contributed to her interactions with regulation enforcement. Since being launched from hospital in March, she has resumed skilled actions and seems to be in higher spirits.
In Jamaica, Hyper can be coping with a separate case. In February, she was arrested on the Norman Manley Worldwide Airport in Kingston and charged with assault and disorderly conduct. The matter is at present earlier than the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court docket. Nevertheless, a choose just lately vacated a bench warrant that had been issued in connection to the case, suggesting progress is being made towards a decision.
Regardless of the latest authorized troubles, the deejay has remained energetic within the leisure area. She has launched a weekly occasion collection titled 21 Dangerous Gyal Fridays, held in New Kingston, as she seems to be to keep up her visibility within the Dancehall scene.
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Notably, Lisa Hyper has been absent from latest occasions related to former mentor Vybz Kartel, together with his landmark performance at the Barclays Center in New York, which featured a slew of different Jamaican and worldwide acts. Whereas she has not publicly addressed the absence, the developments come at a time when she seems targeted on managing her authorized affairs {and professional} future.
Together with her U.S. case now behind her and her Jamaican case progressing by way of the courts, Lisa Hyper’s speedy focus seems to be stabilizing her profession and navigating the authorized hurdles which have marked her 12 months to date.
