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THE fallout from the withdrawal of Jamaican dancehall star Adidja "Vybz Kartel" Palmer from the One Caribbean Music Festival continues as Island eTickets is threatening legal action over money it advanced to Kartel before the concert.

On June 7, Newsday received a letter dated June 5 in which Island eTickets attorney Esan Irvin Granderson wrote to Petal Jones of Jacho Entertainment Ltd, the promoter of One Caribbean Music Festival, demanding the return of US$80,000, which he said his client advanced to Kartel from ticket sales.

Granderson added that his client would keep all the money from ticket sales, US$119,455.88 ($7,571,565) and $302,690, until all chargebacks and refunds were processed. The sum amounted to an estimated $1.1 million.