Prosecutors in the Ysl trial say they have 737 witnesses they’d like to potentially call to the stand once litigation begins in Atlanta later this month. The list includes 258 lay witnesses and 479 expert witnesses, according to 11 Alive, which notes that not all witnesses actually testify.
It took the attorneys more than 10 months to pick a jury — the longest jury selection in Georgia’s history — and with so many witnesses on only one side of the gavel, the jury better hope for comfortable seats.
“That is certainly not a normal amount of witnesses,...
It took the attorneys more than 10 months to pick a jury — the longest jury selection in Georgia’s history — and with so many witnesses on only one side of the gavel, the jury better hope for comfortable seats.
“That is certainly not a normal amount of witnesses,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
On July 10, Jimmy Winfrey, a.k.a. PeeWee Roscoe, was arrested by Las Vegas police after being a fugitive for over 14 months. Winfrey’s arrest record shows he was charged with battery and using a fake ID to evade justice — but there’s another reason to watch his case closely.
Winfrey was on the run from the Ysl trial, which ensnared Young Thug and 27 others, including him, last year. He’s connected to a particularly sensational part of the Ysl indictment: the 2015 shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus. Eight years ago,...
Winfrey was on the run from the Ysl trial, which ensnared Young Thug and 27 others, including him, last year. He’s connected to a particularly sensational part of the Ysl indictment: the 2015 shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus. Eight years ago,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
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 this month while he remained in jail. Steel talked about how Williams is “languishing” in a jail cell in Cobb County, near Atlanta. “Sleeping with bright lights all the time, if he can get to sleep, that is a form of...
Brian Steel, attorney for the rapper (real name Jeffrey Williams) argued that Williams has been working – his album Business Is Business was released earlier this month while he remained in jail. Steel talked about how Williams is “languishing” in a jail cell in Cobb County, near Atlanta. “Sleeping with bright lights all the time, if he can get to sleep, that is a form of...
- 7/21/2023
- by George Chidi
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wallen follows up Dangerous: The Double Album with what can arguably be called a triple: One Thing at a Time, loaded with 36 tracks, drops March 3rd.
Among the glut of songs on the album is Wallen’s current hit “You Proof,” the song he wrote for his mother, “Thought You Should Know,” and one he recently teased from a hunting blind on social media, “Keith Whitley,” named after the Country Music Hall of Fame singer who died from alcohol poisoning in 1989.
One Thing at a Time also includes a number of guest shots,...
Among the glut of songs on the album is Wallen’s current hit “You Proof,” the song he wrote for his mother, “Thought You Should Know,” and one he recently teased from a hunting blind on social media, “Keith Whitley,” named after the Country Music Hall of Fame singer who died from alcohol poisoning in 1989.
One Thing at a Time also includes a number of guest shots,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
One of the defendants in the Ysl Rico trial was allegedly injured during a scuffle with a Fulton County deputy before he was transferred to the courthouse for Monday’s proceedings, an attorney representing the defendant claims, according to Hastings Tribune.
“I will be filing a formal complaint against the [sheriff’s office] because they are agitating my client on purpose and when he gets to court agitated, they act like they don’t know what’s going on,” Angela D’Williams, who is representing Rodalius Ryan, told the newspaper. D’Williams said...
“I will be filing a formal complaint against the [sheriff’s office] because they are agitating my client on purpose and when he gets to court agitated, they act like they don’t know what’s going on,” Angela D’Williams, who is representing Rodalius Ryan, told the newspaper. D’Williams said...
- 1/24/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Young Thug allegedly received a Percocet pill from one of the co-defendants in his Rico case during a “hand-to-hand drug transaction” in open court, but his lawyer says the Grammy-winning rap star had no idea what was happening and has been “cleared” of any wrongdoing.
In a motion filed Thursday, Fulton County prosecutors allege Kahlieff Adams, one of Young Thug’s 13 co-defendants at his gang conspiracy trial now underway with jury selection in Atlanta, walked up to the musician during a Wednesday hearing and passed off the pill in a...
In a motion filed Thursday, Fulton County prosecutors allege Kahlieff Adams, one of Young Thug’s 13 co-defendants at his gang conspiracy trial now underway with jury selection in Atlanta, walked up to the musician during a Wednesday hearing and passed off the pill in a...
- 1/20/2023
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
A source with knowledge of the case tells Rolling Stone that rapper Gunna, born Sergio Kitchens, will not be called to testify against any defendants in the indictment against Atlanta-based Ysl. Kitchens was released from Fulton County jail Wednesday on an Alford plea agreement and was sentenced to five years, with four suspended and the initial year commuted to time served.
“It’s understood that the state is not going to call him as a witness,” the source, who wished to remain anonymous due to the ongoing nature of the Ysl case,...
“It’s understood that the state is not going to call him as a witness,” the source, who wished to remain anonymous due to the ongoing nature of the Ysl case,...
- 12/16/2022
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Fulton County prosecutors plan to call “around 300 witnesses” in the Ysl trial, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Today, prosecutor Adriane Love informed Judge Ural Glanville of their extensive witness list during a hearing where Glanville stated that trial on the 56-count Rico indictment will begin on January 9th. He denied the prosecution’s prior motion to delay the trial to March 2023, citing the 28 defendants’ right to a speedy trial.
“Most of these people have no bonds, that is something that weighs heavily on the court in terms of a start date for this trial,...
“Most of these people have no bonds, that is something that weighs heavily on the court in terms of a start date for this trial,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
On Monday, attorneys for Gunna (born Sergio Kitchens) filed a fourth motion for reasonable bond, days after a judge denied his release, stating that the State “has failed” to provide adequate proof that the rapper would intimidate witnesses were he to be released.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville had previously denied Kitchens’ bond motions, expressing concerns that he would intimidate witnesses, though Gunna’s attorneys claim that the State has yet to provide evidence of such that would satisfy “the State’s burden of persuasion under the preponderance standard of proof.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville had previously denied Kitchens’ bond motions, expressing concerns that he would intimidate witnesses, though Gunna’s attorneys claim that the State has yet to provide evidence of such that would satisfy “the State’s burden of persuasion under the preponderance standard of proof.
- 10/17/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
A judge was forced to threaten rapper Gunna’s supporters with arrest as they reacted to the news he had been denied bond for the third time.
On 13 October, Atlanta judge Ural Glanville denied permission for Gunna to leave jail, four months after his last request was denied by a Fulton County judge.
Gunna is among more than 24 people charged in an 88-page indictment in Georgia’s Fulton County earlier this year.
Also indicted was rapper Young Thug – real name Jeffery Williams – who is accused of founding Young Slime Life, which prosecutors allege is a violent street gang that’s commonly known as Ysl and is affiliated with the national Bloods gang.
On Thursday, as soon as the judge revealed his verdict, it was met with vocal outcry from Gunna’s supporters.
The uproar prompted Judge Glanville to threaten to arrest the supporters if they did not “settle down”, as per Billboard.
On 13 October, Atlanta judge Ural Glanville denied permission for Gunna to leave jail, four months after his last request was denied by a Fulton County judge.
Gunna is among more than 24 people charged in an 88-page indictment in Georgia’s Fulton County earlier this year.
Also indicted was rapper Young Thug – real name Jeffery Williams – who is accused of founding Young Slime Life, which prosecutors allege is a violent street gang that’s commonly known as Ysl and is affiliated with the national Bloods gang.
On Thursday, as soon as the judge revealed his verdict, it was met with vocal outcry from Gunna’s supporters.
The uproar prompted Judge Glanville to threaten to arrest the supporters if they did not “settle down”, as per Billboard.
- 10/14/2022
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Music
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,...
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has twice denied Kitchens’ bond motions,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
A week after Young Thug used his Twitter account to ask Olympic champion Michael Phelps if he could swim a hundred miles in the ocean – and Phelps hilariously responded that he could – Georgia prosecutors successfully used the exchange to win a clampdown on evidence shared in the Grammy-winning rapper’s Rico case.
Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, dictated the “innocent” tweet over a recorded jail line to a friend who controls his social media, defense lawyer Brian Steel told a judge Thursday after prosecutors invoked the tweet at a hearing in Georgia.
Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, dictated the “innocent” tweet over a recorded jail line to a friend who controls his social media, defense lawyer Brian Steel told a judge Thursday after prosecutors invoked the tweet at a hearing in Georgia.
- 9/9/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Young Thug was denied bond yet again Thursday during a heated hearing in his Rico case where his lawyer suggested the Grammy-winning rapper is the subject of a law enforcement vendetta dating back to a 2015 drive-by shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus.
Lead defense lawyer Brian Steel invoked the bullet-riddled bus after he told Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville that Young Thug, born Jeffery Williams, is a “role model” who should be “applauded” – not incarcerated — for overcoming extreme poverty and adversity to become a world-renowned artist.
As he argued...
Lead defense lawyer Brian Steel invoked the bullet-riddled bus after he told Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville that Young Thug, born Jeffery Williams, is a “role model” who should be “applauded” – not incarcerated — for overcoming extreme poverty and adversity to become a world-renowned artist.
As he argued...
- 8/19/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Young Thug is being sued for 150,000 by a concert promoter over a show he was scheduled to perform at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena in June but was later forced to cancel following his May arrest and subsequent incarceration.
The court filings, obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, state that Thug, born Jeffery Williams, was expected to receive a total of 300,000 for a 45-minute set from promoter A-1 Concert Entertainment, half of which he was paid upfront.
“Due to his arrest and the nature of the felony criminal charges against Williams,...
The court filings, obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, state that Thug, born Jeffery Williams, was expected to receive a total of 300,000 for a 45-minute set from promoter A-1 Concert Entertainment, half of which he was paid upfront.
“Due to his arrest and the nature of the felony criminal charges against Williams,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Peggy Whitson has spent most of her life breaking barriers, and her 57th birthday will just be one more.
That’s because Whitson will be celebrating her birthday aboard the International Space Station in February, after becoming the oldest woman in space Thursday when she launched off from Kazakhstan.
This is Whitson’s third time in space, and her second time as commander. She’s a year older than the previous woman who held the record — Barbara Morgan, who nabbed the record when she was 55 in 2007. Whitson is also the first woman to serve as commander of the Iss, and...
That’s because Whitson will be celebrating her birthday aboard the International Space Station in February, after becoming the oldest woman in space Thursday when she launched off from Kazakhstan.
This is Whitson’s third time in space, and her second time as commander. She’s a year older than the previous woman who held the record — Barbara Morgan, who nabbed the record when she was 55 in 2007. Whitson is also the first woman to serve as commander of the Iss, and...
- 11/17/2016
- by alexheigl
- PEOPLE.com
For one of the best rappers alive, Young Thug seems remarkably at ease. Most who wrangle that crown do it loudly: as the sneering villain, the smirking capitalist, the put-upon savior. But the Atlanta-born Jeffrey Williams, who just turned 23 and is facing a litany of gun and drug charges, and might yet be roped into a conspiracy to kill his idol, doesn’t seem too worried. I’ve witnessed it up close. At the end of July, less than two weeks after he was jailed for — of all things — a confrontation with a mall cop, Thug made it to his scheduled set at Chicago’s Lollapalooza. There, he played “Halftime,” the song that Cobb County district attorneys used to implicate him in the same indictment that charged PeeWee Roscoe with domestic terrorism for Lil Wayne’s tour-bus shooting back in April. Not the whole song, mind you. He rapped: Got...
- 8/21/2015
- by Paul Thompson
- Vulture
The feud between rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman has taken a very scary turn. E! News has obtained a legal indictment from June 25 against Jimmy Winfrey, who was charged for the shooting of Lil Wayne's tour buses that occurred in April. But the crazy part? The indictment also names Birdman (real name Bryan Williams) and Young Thug (Jeffrey Williams), saying Winfrey called cellphones linked to these rappers before and after the gunfire. The court documents, filed in Cob County, Ga., details 30 counts against Winfrey—including aggravated assault, criminal damage to property, possession of a firearm and violation of both the Rico Act and Street Gang Terrorism Prevention Act. Birdman and Young Thug...
- 7/16/2015
- E! Online
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