Embattled deejay Desmond ‘Ninjaman’ Ballentine is not dead. On Tuesday, social media exploded with reports that the deejay had died. However, attorney at law Valerie Neita Robertson has assured his fans that he is “alive and well”.
“Let me assure you that Ninjaman is alive and well,” she communicated via text message.
Ninjaman’s spouse also told Loop Jamaica reporter Claude Mills that the deejay was in good spirits Wednesday morning.
“I brought his clothes down to him as he is going to court. He is in good spirits, he even said he wouldn’t mind that the case ends today so he could go home,” she said.
She said that the false rumours of his death are disturbing.
“A lot of people have been calling who are shocked at the reports and it is upsetting that people could be starting these kind of rumours,” she said.
The murder trial of the dancehall entertainer and two co-accused, including the artiste’s son Janiel, is winding down this week, and there is a theory that the deejay’s recently diagnosed heart condition may have triggered the rumours.
The third accused is Dennis Clayton, who prosecutors alleged was among four men, including the entertainer, who entered a yard in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew in 2009 and shot Ricardo Johnson, resulting in his death.
The prosecutors began its closing arguments on Monday after the three accused had completed their unsworn statements at the in-camera trial.
The allegations are that Ninjaman himself fired the shots on the day in questions.
The main prosecution witness, who is on the police’s Witness Programme, recently testified that two shots were fired at him, but he managed to escape the attack. However, Johnson was hit in the process.
