The sentencing of a Bahamian man who admitted to stealing unreleased songs and movie scripts by hacking into celebrities' email accounts has been postponed in a U.S. court until September 13 to allow his lawyer to respond to further allegations of misconduct.

Alonzo Knowles, 24, of Grand Bahama, was to be sentenced yesterday on charges of criminal copyright infringement and identity theft charges.

In sentencing arguments, prosecutors have alleged that Knowles is not truly remorseful for his actions and presented emails to friends in which he speaks of plans to write a book with the illegally obtained information.

In the emails, Knowles says that he will promote the book by "hacking Twitter accounts".

The prosecution alleged that based on Knowles's emails he had kept a computer that contained more personal information from celebrities.

Knowles was arrested last December in Manhattan, a day after arriving from The Bahamas to sell an undercover agent 15 scripts for unreleased movies and TV shows for $80,000, prosecutors said.

Knowles had emailed the agent sexually explicit videos and photos that a television host and columnist had sent to a radio host, the complaint said.

The probe began after another radio host received an unsolicited offer from someone selling scripts for the upcoming season of a popular drama on a premium cable television network, it added.

Knowles faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

Artesia Davis, Guardian Senior Reporter

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