Tag: Young Thug

Thug’s lawyer says rapper is having ‘health issues’

Young Thug and co-defendant Yak Gotti appeared in court on Friday (July 21) for a bond hearing, but the judge did not grant them, according to ABC News. This is the fourth time Thug has been denied bond since he was arrested on RICO charges over a year ago.

The Business is Business rapper’s attorney Brian Steele told ABC News that his client is not a flight risk and that he is not in a good health condition. “Mr. Williams is not a risk to commit a crime and he’s not a risk to flee the jurisdiction and that’s what bond is about,” Steele said, adding that Thug is “sleep-deprived.”

Thug’s RICO case reportedly sees more drama in court

Young Thug and YSL RICO case hasn’t been short of drama during court sessions. Among controversies such as when a co-defendant handed Thug a Percocet pill inside a court room, as well as when a lawyer called “cap” while addressing the judge and others, there are reports that a potential juror is being held in contempt after allegedly calling presiding Judge Ural Glanville a “b*tch.”

On Monday (May 1), Hip Hop Enquirer’s editor in chief Dennis Byron shared the report on twitter. “More drama erupts in the courtroom where the #YSL RICO trial is underway when a potential juror called presiding judge #UralGlanville a b*tch. The judge then held her in contempt of court. Was her comment protected under the 1st Amendment? #YoungThug,” Bryon tweeted.

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One public defender wants to withdraw from the case

Some of the public defenders in Young Thug and YSL case claim they are being underpaid. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, some of the defenders, including Angela D’Williams and Suri Jimenez, say they were allocated $15K each for the entire case which could last for a year.

D’Williams, who represents Rodalius Ryan, states that the pay is “egregiously low for the amount of work and attention this trial requires.” She added: “I just want public defenders and conflict attorneys to know this is what they’re signing up for. It might consume a full year of your life.”

Jimenez added: “We’re looking at what–$7.25 an hour,” adding, “Nobody in this country should get paid $7.25 an hour and definitely not somebody who is trying to protect the liberty of somebody else.”

D’Williams said she tried to set up a meeting with the leadership of the public defender council to discuss a rise in pay but they declined. D’Williams filed a motion to have out of the case.

A jury member was sentenced to three days for violating court rules

A jury member in Young Thug’s YSL RICO case has been sentenced to three days in jail for taking a video of court proceedings. Per Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jury 1004 was taken to jail in handcuffs on Monday (April 3) after the judge accused her of filming court proceedings on March 27.

“It wasn’t live-streamed at all,” the jury member said in her defense. “I did take a video and then the young lady next to me said I couldn’t do that.”

She added that she isn’t familiar with jury duties and that she didn’t know filming wasn’t allowed.

“I went through a very long and arduous process of telling people what they could not do and you violated that,” Chief Judge Ural Glanville said about the incident. “And you put this trial in jeopardy by doing that.”