A crowd watches as police escort international dancehall artiste Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis (seen in pic below, 2nd right) off the MAFIA House Production premises at 8 Garelli Avenue, New Kingston yesterday from where he had removed most of the office's furniture.

International dancehall artiste Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis was yesterday escorted off the MAFIA House Production premises at 8 Garelli Avenue by the police after he removed most of the office's furniture.

The artiste, who started the company with his now estranged wife, Michelle 'D'Angel' Downer-Davis, removed the furniture, claiming they belonged to him.

The incident attracted a throng of onlookers, some of whom work in nearby offices.

"Beenie Man, we love you... You a di boss," shouted one woman as Beenie Man made his way to the black Toyota Corolla - its trunk full with some of the seized equipment, including computers - parked at the entrance.

"A my things these," Beenie Man told Assistant Superintendent of Police Wayne Cameron, who was seemingly trying to understand the situation. Mere metres away, parked inside the compound were two pick-up trucks stocked with an oatmeal-coloured couch, a refrigerator, microwave, a plasma screen television and wooden desks, among other items. People applauded the star even as he continued to speak with the police who asked members of the media to excuse themselves.

After the incident, the Observer was allowed to view the disturbed office space, where a shaken 'D'Angel' sat trying to make sense of what had just happened. After several minutes she decided to shed light on the altercation.

"I was on my way to an interview with The Star when I heard that my husband and his friends were at our place of business moving out all of the furniture," she told the Observer. "On arriving at the scene, I saw most of the stuff in two trucks... I've always stood my ground in thinking that this was a private issue and will continue to do so. It is a legal matter and I will let the courts handle it."

Above: A workman replaces a file cabinet drawer at the MAFIA House Production premises at 8 Garelli Avenue, New Kingston yesterday after international deejay Beenie Man removed furniture from the office in a dispute with his estranged wife. Below: Some of the items of furniture that were removed from the office placed on this desk awaiting replacement. (Photos: Roland Henry)

The female artiste's lawyer, Dudene Ferguson, commented that Beenie Man had been served with an injunction and that the case will be pursued further.

"He has now been served a court order and is aware that the matter is going to the courts," Ferguson said.
Assistant Superintendent Cameron, who joined the interview shortly after, told the Observer that, to his understanding the fracas had been going on long before the authorities were notified.

"When we got here the vehicles were already loaded," Cameron said. "We had two motorcycle policemen in the area who came within seven minutes of the call."

He said that despite Beenie Man's claim that the furniture belonged to him, "Mrs Davis has proof that they in fact belong to her".

The still-rising female artiste directed two men to assist in relocating the furniture to the office, insisting that, "this can't stop me, God is on my side".

She questioned the situation, saying that it was her who commissioned carpenters to make each item of furniture. She also said she was in charge of the décor.

"So how then him could a say a fe him dem?" she asked.
The couple, who married on August 22 last year, have for months now been suffering marital problems which heightened after Beenie Man was pictured embracing singer Barb-Bee at this summer's Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest. The situation, however, got worse when Beenie Man and his wife had a heated argument on live radio, during which he accused D'Angel of infidelity.

However, in a story published yesterday in the Observer, D'Angel denied the accusations while alleging that Beenie Man was an abusive husband.

Even after yesterday's debacle, D'Angel said that she plans on employing a bodyguard, since, "I'm not sure what else he might do".

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