One of my favourite R+B stars of all time was Mark Morrison. Like a lot of us when we were young we thought our singers were “Hero's” but only today by sheer accident I came across this article in Wikipedia. Puts a bit of a dampener on the hole fame thing?
In 1993, Morrison was fined £50 for obstructing a police officer, and in 1997 was fined £750 for threatening behaviour. Morrison continued to be accused of various crimes, and in 1997 he was convicted of attempting to bring a stun gun onto an aircraft travelling from Newcastle to Belfast.[2] He was jailed for three months for this offence in early 1997, at about the same time that "Return of the Mack" began its climb to its #2 peak in the U.S.[1] In 1998 he failed to appear in court on charges of possessing an offensive weapon, flying to Barbados instead; He was arrested on his return to the UK and remanded in custody.[5][6] He was later cleared of the offensive weapon charge.[7]
He was convicted of affray for his part in a brawl in which a man was killed, and sentenced to community service.[1] Morrison later was incarcerated in Wormwood Scrubs for a year for paying a lookalike, to perform Morrison's court-appointed community service in Morrison's stead, while Morrison went on tour.[1][3] While in prison, Morrison reportedly converted to Islam and attempted to change his name to Abdul Rahman.[8] Also in 1998, Morrison was banned from driving for six months and fined £1,380 after twice being caught driving without a licence.[9]
In 2002, Morrison was arrested on suspicion of kidnap and car theft.[10] He was released on bail but a policemen was later arrested on suspicion of taking a bribe from Morrison in return for his release.[10] Morrison failed to appear in court to face the charges and a warrant was issued for his arrest.[10]
In 2004 he was arrested and spent a night in police cells after a fracas that started when his medallion was stolen.[11]
In 2009, Morrison was arrested for an assault in London.
