Bob Marley's Daughter Admits Growing Pot in Her West Chester Home

The youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing marijuana in her West Chester home.
      
Makeda Jahnesta Marley, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday to having nearly a dozen large marijuana plants inside her home in Caln, according to the Daily Local News.
      
Marley was arrested in 2008 after police say they found her trying to "sneak the pot plants" out of the basement when officers arrived at her home. She was arguing with a guy she'd sublet a room to and that's why the cops were called. Makeda is the youngest of Marley's 13 children.
      
At a February hearing, Marley told the court she had exhausted a trust fund she received from her father's estate when she turned 18.

The Daily Local writes:

Marley is a graduate of Coatesville Area Senior High School and West Chester University. She was born in Miami on May 31, 1981, less than three weeks after her father died of cancer in the Florida city.

Her mother, Yvette Crichton, is the last of several women with whom Bob Marley is officially recognized as fathering a child in addition to his widow, Rita Marley. Bob Marley also has extensive family ties in Delaware.

According to some published reports, Makeda Marley was a regular at Rita Marley's house in Jamaica and later became a beneficiary of the Marley estate.

Sentencing is scheduled for October. Prosecutors withdrew a mandatory one-year prison sentence as part of a plea agreement.
      
A message left early Wednesday for Marley's attorney was not immediately returned.

Copyright AP - Associated Press
Contact Us