Yet another threatened mistrial was averted Monday when the jury hearing Young Thug’s gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta agreed they could disregard prior testimony from a key witness in the contentious case. Jurors were given about one second to make their decision after walking into court following a nearly …
Read More »Young Thug's Lawyers Blast 'Unethical' Judge, Say He 'Morphed' Into Prosecutor
Young Thug’s lawyers are calling for the rapper’s immediate release from jail, a mistrial, and the disqualification of the Georgia judge overseeing the now-notorious YSL racketeering conspiracy trial, claiming a recently unsealed transcript from a secret meeting with a sworn witness shows Judge Ural Glanville has “morphed into an essential …
Read More »Young Thug RICO Trial: Lawyers Ask Georgia Supreme Court to Force Judge's Recusal
Defense lawyers in the Young Thug racketeering conspiracy trial filed an emergency petition Thursday asking Georgia’s Supreme Court to step in and force Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville to let an “unbiased judge” decide whether he should step down from the high-profile case now underway in Atlanta. Filed by …
Read More »Young Thug Denied Bond for Fifth Time as YSL Trial Continues
Young Thug and his YSL labelmate Yak Gotti were both again denied bond on Friday as the marathon trial of the rapper and others continues. Brian Steel, attorney for the rapper (real name Jeffrey Williams) argued that Williams has been working – his album Business Is Business was released earlier …
Read More »Unknown Assailant Tried to Knife Yak Gotti in Jail, Rapper's Family Says
ATLANTA — The rapper Yak Gotti got into a fight with another inmate in Fulton County jail on October 8, sheriff’s office officials confirmed Friday afternoon. Yak Gotti – real name Deamonte Kendrick – emerged from the fray relatively unscathed, his mother Tasha Kendrick said. “He beat that boy’s ass,” …
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