Bandmate of Marley loses suit

The longtime bass player for Bob Marley’s group the Wailers lost his London lawsuit Monday seeking a share of the late reggae legend’s royalties.

Aston “Family Man” Barrett was seeking the equivalent of up to $115 million he claimed he was owed since Marley died in 1981 without making a will.

Justice Kim Lewison agreed with arguments by the Island-Universal record label and the Marley family that Barrett surrendered his rights to any further royalties from Wailer recordings in a 1994 settlement in exchange for $500,000.

Lewison made an order barring Barrett, 59, from taking any further action without the court’s permission. Barrett, who sued on behalf of himself and his late brother, Carlton, the band’s drummer, now faces a bill for legal costs estimated at nearly $3.8 million.