More turmoil with the Marley family: Rita Marley, Bob's widow, gives bombshell statements to the press!

"Rita should apologize for what she said," said Bunny Wailer, the sole surviving member of the Wailers (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer). "That, to me, is disrespect and she owes the world, Bob Marley, his children and his grandchildren an apology," Bunny told the Jamaica Observer. Rita Marley recently left many people surprised and caused enormous discomfort among the millions of Bob Marley fans when she declared to the English newspaper "The Daily Mirror" that she had been raped by Bob Marley. "Bob didn't take no for an answer, so he used force against me and that's what I call rape," Rita Marley told the English newspaper. Rita, shortly afterward, sought to soften the impact of her comment, suggesting to the English newspaper that it not place her observations in a context that would lead everyone to understand that Bob habitually forced her into something. She said: "I have to speak about reality, and everyone wants to know about my relationship with Bob and the other women and how I dealt with it". "So, it reached a point where we weren't having a good relationship because of that. Therefore, if I think I should say that he held me down and forced me as if he were a rapist, I have every right to say that... But that's not how everyone saw it, because if he were a stranger and had done that, he would be in jail. He wasn't a rapist, but he acted like one sometimes". However, Bunny Wailer was apparently unmoved by the explanation of a woman he believes benefited tremendously from the legacy left by Bob Marley, and whose actions toward Marley were often impure. "He left her with all the honors of having been his wife," said Bunny Wailer. Bob Marley, a Rastafarian who encapsulated in his music a third-world and black redemption idea, died in 1981 and is as popular today as during his lifetime. He received the three highest Merit Honor awards in Jamaica, "Order of Merit (OM)", National Hero and "Order of the National (ON)", which is reserved for governors, generals and prime ministers. Bunny Wailer, who together with Marley and Peter Tosh formed the group The Wailers, is concerned about the impact of Rita's statements on Bob's image and reputation, as well as what his children, whom she and Marley had together, will think. The vast majority of Bob's children followed him into a musical career or other areas of entertainment. Among them are Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Damian Marley, Julian Marley, Kymani Marley and granddaughter Donisha Marley, a very successful theater actress on the local scene. "This is the first serious mistake Rita has made. Twenty-three years after Bob's death, her words will certainly affect her children and grandchildren, because for children to hear from their own mother that their father did what she said is shocking at the very least," said Bunny. "Because she would corrupt his image... at a time when Bob is being treated like a saint — he is seen as an icon, a prophet, a spiritual leader because of the legacy he left," Bunny Wailer added. Rita Marley does not have a good relationship with the members of The Wailers band (especially Aston Barrett, bassist — leader of the band). According to its members, Rita kept all the copyrights to "Bob Marley & The Wailers" and did not pass anything on to them, who accompanied Bob their entire lives. The dispute has already dragged on for many years in Jamaica's courts.

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Original Source: Part of the news taken from Jamaica Observer - www.jamaicaobserver.com