YFN Lucci won’t be taking the stand in opposition to Younger Thug, per his legal professional. In a press release to TMZ, Drew Findling stated prosecutors had not named Lucci–authorities title Rayshawn Bennett–as a witness.
Thug not too long ago scored a authorized win after a choose granted a movement to suppress proof throughout a listening to two weeks in the past. It was his first courtroom look in months for his RICO Act case involving Younger Slime Life (YSL). His group was in courtroom to safe the return of Thugger’s property.
Police seized a cellphone, pc, and a ‘small quantity’ of marijuana from Thug’s dwelling in 2015. His authorized group argued that the search was ‘unlawful.’ They requested that recovered proof shouldn’t be used within the trial. Choose Ural Glanville agreed.
As for Lucci’s half–the Atlanta rappers have beefed on-line through the years. Again in February, somebody stabbed Lucci in Fulton County Jail, and he later allegedly discovered that there was a worth on his head. Following the incident, his authorized group requested the choose to grant a bond, nevertheless it was denied.
Lucci is in jail awaiting trial for a racketeering case linked to alleged gang exercise and homicide. He’s been locked up since 2021.
In Could, prosecutors claimed that two YSL associates labored to get Thug’s permission to make a second try on Lucci’s life. Lucci’s group filed an emergency bond listening to in response to say in Thug’s indictment. Nothing appears to have materialized from each filings from his attorneys.
Lucci Lawyer Says Rapper ‘Will Not Be A Witness In The YSL Case’
Nonetheless, his legal professional Findling confirmed on Thursday that Lucci “has by no means been interviewed or subpoenaed” by regulation enforcement, the Fulton County District Legal professional’s workplace or any of the celebration’s relating to the YSL case, per TMZ.
He added that Findling stated “any celebration can announce” whoever they need on their witness, however the “phrases alone are meaningless.”
“So, to be 100% clear, Rayshawn Bennett (Lucci) won’t be a witness within the YSL case,” Findling stated.
Apparently, Lucci’s solely focus right now is “his pending Fulton County case.”
Younger Thug’s trial is reportedly scheduled to start with jury choice on January 5, per Fox5 Atlanta.