International Dancehall music star Vybz Kartel, has been behind bars in a Jamaican prison for more than a decade. For nearly eight of those years, Kartel has reportedly been battling Graves' Disease under conditions his attorney says are "inhumane."Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, and his 3 co-defendants have been behind bars in Jamaican prisons since their arrests in 2011 for the murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams, whose body was never found.
A prior medical report done by Kartel's well-respected private physician, Dr. Karen Phillips. recommended surgery as soon as possible. The report obtained exclusively by FOX 5 NY detailed his battle with thyroid disease. According to the initial report, despite medication, it had not gone into remission.Dr. Phillips recommended surgery as soon as possible.