Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Several YSL Attorneys are quitting the Young Thug R.I.C.O. case because they aren’t getting paid as much as they were expecting. (Read More Here).
Attorneys for Gunna have filed a third bond motion for the Atlanta artist, this time claiming that the Fulton County prosecutor’s office has modified the YSL indictment to remove any reference to him being involved in violence. Rolling Stone has received a copy of the filing, which is the latest attempt at pretrial release for Gunna (given name Sergio Kitchens) while awaiting trial on a racketeering charge in a 56-count YSL indictment handed down in May.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has twice denied Kitchens’ bond motions, expressing concerns that the rapper would threaten or intimidate witnesses if he was freed. But the latest motion, filed Monday by Kitchens’ lawyer Steven Sadow and several other attorneys, refutes Fulton County prosecutors’ earlier claims that Kitchens was “directing the violence” with Young Thug in an alleged Young Slime Life (YSL) gang.
Brian Steel, Young Thug’s attorney, argued in a motion obtained by ABC News that the prosecution’s use of the hip-hop star’s lyrics in this case is “racist and discriminatory” because it could prejudice a jury against his client and prevent him from having a fair trial – a right that is protected by the Sixth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.
The motion argues, in part, that “using these lyrics/poetry/artistry/speech against Mr. Williams is racist and discriminatory because the jury will be so poisoned and prejudiced by these lyrics/poetry/artistry/speech as same is unlawful character assassination.”
Steel also argued in the motion that the use of lyrics violates his client’s Constitutional rights to free speech and due process “and cannot be used as evidence of crime if they are simply connected to music/freedom of expression/freedom of speech/poetry.”
Young Thug was initially charged with one count each of conspiring to violate the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and participating in criminal street gang activity and was later charged with an additional count of participating in street gang activity, three counts of violating the Georgia controlled substances act, possession of a firearm while committing a felony and possession of a machine gun.
He pleaded not guilty.
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