Younger Thug was allegedly handed a Percocet tablet by one of many co-defendants in his ongoing RICO trial.
Based on WSB-TV reporter Michael Seiden, the rapper is accused of being the recipient of a hand-to-hand drug alternate by co-defendant Kahlieff Adams. As Rolling Stone reviews, the alleged transaction resulted in a movement filed yesterday (January 19), through which prosecutors accused Adams of allegedly passing off the drug whereas Younger Thug was sitting beside his lawyer.
In a press release by way of Rolling Stone, Younger Thug’s lawyer Brian Metal stated the rapper – actual identify Jeffery Williams – “doesn’t even know Mr. Adams”, and that the movement “is replete with factual inaccuracies [and] gildings”. Metal stated that whereas an investigation into the incident had “cleared [Williams] of any wrongdoing”, the accountable events have been charged and can seem in courtroom at a later date.
In a brand new movement per Rolling Stone, prosecutors allege that Williams “closed his proper hand across the contraband and positioned his closed proper hand beneath the desk… to hide his receipt of the unlawful contraband.” Surveillance footage reveals Sheriff’s Workplace personnel instantly confronting Williams after the alleged alternate, with the rapper then seen handing over the contraband.
EXCLUSIVE: My colleague @MarkWinneWSB simply obtained surveillance video that reveals the second prosecutors accuse Younger Thug and his co defendant Kahlieff Adams of conducting a “hand-to-hand” drug deal in courtroom.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/smhVopvH7x
— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) January 19, 2023
Based on reviews, authorities searched Adams after the incident and located extra Percocet, in addition to marijuana, tobacco and different contraband “wrapped in plastic and meals seasonings to hide the odour.” Officers say Adams ingested a number of the substances to hide them, and was subsequently taken to hospital.
Williams and Adams are amongst plenty of YSL associates standing trial in relation to Georgia’s sweeping racketeering indictment towards the document label. The indictment alleges YSL to be the centrepiece of a legal avenue gang. Fellow indictees included rappers and YSL labelmates Gunna, Lil Duke and Slimelife Shawty – in addition to Thug’s brother Unfoonk – all of whom have reached agreements in relation to the case.
Final month, Gunna pleaded responsible to a racketeering conspiracy cost within the case, following his arrest final Might. Referred to as an Alford plea, the negotiation allowed Gunna to plead responsible on the cost as a result of it was in his greatest curiosity whereas sustaining his innocence on the cost.
Upon his launch from jail earlier this month, Gunna known as for Younger Thug to be freed in an Instagram put up. Williams, in the meantime, is dealing with 9 costs complete, together with the highest depend of racketeering conspiracy. He has denied all costs.
The trial started on January 9. Previous to that, it was reported that Younger Thug had added hip-hop historians and lyric consultants to his witness checklist. Throughout the first day of jury choice, the presiding Choose Ural Glanville recited the lyrics to Younger Thug’s track ‘Slime Shit’. Gunna’s authorized group had beforehand described using rap lyrics as proof as an “intensely problematic” follow.