Here's What Happened on Day 20 of the Young Thug YSL Trial

Younger Thug returned to court docket to proceed to battle for his freedom within the YSL RICO trial.

Day 20 of the Younger Thug Trial

On Tuesday (Jan. 23), the Younger Thug YSL RICO trial resumed in Fulton County Superior Courtroom in Atlanta. The trial as soon as once more featured testimony from YSL cofounder Trontavious “Tick” Stephens, who was anticipated to be one of many prosecution’s star witnesses. Nevertheless, the day took a wierd flip when Tick was immediately excused in favor of one other witness.

Tick Unexpectedly Excused After Being Questioned About Instagram

Throughout his transient time on the stand, Tick once more confronted questioning from lead prosecutor Adriane Love, this time about an Instagram image he posted the place he was sitting in entrance of a blue Rolls Royce. Love questioned him concerning the all-green outfit he was carrying within the photograph, in addition to his jewellery and Instagram deal with “_1Slug.” The caption of the publish thanked Younger Thug for the automobile, and Tick testified that he was additionally carrying a Rolex.

After a bit extra of a forwards and backwards between Choose Ural Glanville and prosecutor Love, the court docket was adjourned for lunch, and Tick was requested to go again to his “headquarters” in favor of one other witness.

New Witness Is Known as to the Stand After Tick Is Excused

After Tick was unexpectedly excused about midway by the proceedings, Choose Glanville mentioned the choice was to find time for one other State witness. The witness was apparently beneath a time constraint. A lady, who was not named or seen on livestream however had a extreme throat chilly, was then ushered to the stand by the State. She was questioned by prosecutor Keith Adams, and the lady testified that she noticed her automobile being stolen in her Atlanta neighborhood by a younger Black man. She could not identify anybody within the courtroom as being liable for the theft.

The witness was then excused, and the court docket was adjourned for the day. Tick will resume his testimony on Wednesday (Jan. 24).

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YFN Lucci Pleads Responsible

In an unrelated court docket case, YFN Lucci pleaded responsible on Tuesday to 1 rely of violation of the Road Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, in connection to his indictment on gang fees in 2021. With time served, Lucci may very well be free in a little bit over three months.

XXL reached out to YFN Lucci’s legal professional Drew Findling, who supplied this assertion on the replace within the case:

“After three years of pretrial litigation, greater than two weeks of jury choice and three years of incarceration ready for his jury trial, right now, the prosecution lastly relented and dismissed the homicide and RICO fees in opposition to Rayshawn Bennett.”

Most notably, Lucci’s legal professional once more shut down rumors about his shopper testifying within the YSL trial throughout a press convention. He mentioned that was by no means on the desk.

“Anyone who says that could be a liar,” Findling mentioned. “All of us simply went to court docket right now. Clear as day, there isn’t a cooperation within the YSL case. He won’t be testifying in that case.”

Younger Thug Continues to Combat for His Freedom

Jeffery Williams, often called Younger Thug, is dealing with a number of fees together with violating Georgia’s RICO Act. Prosecutors will try to show that Thug and 5 codefendants used the YSL document label as a entrance for violent gang exercise. The state claims YSL has dedicated quite a few violent crimes all through Atlanta, inclduing armed theft, conspiring to homicide, and taking part in prison avenue gang exercise. A jury of 12, together with seven Black girls, two White girls, two Black males and one White man, will resolve whether or not Thug is responsible or not. The trial is predicted to final a number of weeks.