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

Young Thug returned to courtroom to proceed to struggle for his freedom in the YSL RICO trial.

Day 20 of the Young Thug Trial

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

Tick Unexpectedly Excused After Being Questioned About Instagram

During his temporary 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 about the all-green outfit he was sporting in the photograph, in addition to his jewellery and Instagram deal with “_1Slug.” The caption of the publish thanked Young Thug for the automobile, and Tick testified that he was additionally sporting a Rolex.

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

New Witness Is Called to the Stand After Tick Is Excused

After Tick was unexpectedly excused about midway by the proceedings, Judge Glanville mentioned the determination was to find time for one other State witness. The witness was apparently below 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 in the courtroom as being accountable for the theft.

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

YFN Lucci Pleads Guilty

In an unrelated courtroom case, YFN Lucci pleaded responsible on Tuesday to at least one depend of violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, in connection to his indictment on gang costs 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 in the case:

“After three years of pretrial litigation, more than two weeks of jury selection and three years of incarceration waiting for his jury trial, today, the prosecution finally relented and dismissed the murder and RICO charges against Rayshawn Bennett.”

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

“Anybody who says that is a liar,” Findling mentioned. “We all just went to court today. Clear as day, there is no cooperation in the YSL case. He will not be testifying in that case.”

Young Thug Continues to Fight for His Freedom

Jeffery Williams, often called Young Thug, is dealing with a number of costs together with violating Georgia’s RICO Act. (*20*) will try to show that Thug and 5 codefendants used the YSL file 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 road gang exercise. A jury of 12, together with seven Black ladies, two White ladies, 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.