Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick, one of the remaining co-defendants in the ongoing YSL gang trial, was stabbed in Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, according to his lawyer, Douglas Weinstein. Weinstein confirmed the attack in posts on X and TikTok Monday morning. He said he spoke with Kendrick on Sunday night, …
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When Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug stepped up to a courtroom podium Thursday to give a non-negotiated plea in his gang and racketeering conspiracy case in Atlanta, it was a gamble that paid off. Without any safety net in the form of a signed deal with prosecutors, the artist born Jeffery …
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Young Thug’s lengthy and embattled trial on racketeering conspiracy charges took another dramatic turn Thursday when defense teams took turns meeting privately with prosecutors to discuss possible new plea deals while the judge on the case withheld her ruling on a pending mistrial motion. A source tells Rolling Stone that …
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Young Thug’s long and troubled racketeering trial appeared on the verge of dramatic mistrial yet again Monday as an Atlanta-based judge accused a chief prosecutor of either “purposefully” misleading the court or causing chaos through apparent disorganization. “It is baffling to me that somebody with the number of years of …
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The credibility of key prosecution witness Kenneth Copeland was the focus of a week of tortured testimony at Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug’s gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta. Copeland, whose first appearance in the trial last June led to Judge Ural Glanville being removed from the high-profile case, returned to …
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When Georgia state prosecutors announced their sprawling gang and racketeering conspiracy indictment against Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug and his many co-defendants in 2022, they knew it would generate headlines. They just didn’t know how wild and unprecedented those headlines would get. With courtroom cameras rolling, the case would give rise …
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The new judge overseeing rapper Young Thug’s racketeering and gang conspiracy trial in Atlanta held her first hearing in the problem-plagued proceeding Friday and signaled she plans to enforce order over what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia’s state history. Fulton County Judge Paige Reese Whitaker took the …
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The YSL racketeering conspiracy trial has hit another roadblock. The already tumultuous trial centered around rapper Young Thug — who has been accused of co-founding and overseeing a gang called “Young Slime Life” in Atlanta — has been paused while the court addresses requests from the defense to replace Fulton …
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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 …
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Young Thug’s attorney was held in contempt of court Monday after refusing to tell the judge how he heard about an alleged private conversation between a key state witness, prosecutors, and the judge himself. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Judge Ural Glanville sentenced Brian Steel, who represents the rapper, to …
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