Younger Thug’s Lawyer Held In Contempt Amid Contentious YSL Trial

A Georgia choose held Younger Thug’s lawyer Brian Metal in contempt within the YSL RICO trial on Monday (June 10). Metal raised considerations a couple of non-public dialog between the choose, the prosecution and witness Kenneth “Lil Woody” Copeland. Metal was taken into custody for refusing to reveal the supply of his info.

“You bought some info you shouldn’t have gotten,” Decide Ural Glanville informed Metal.

Copeland spent the weekend in jail after he refused to testify in Younger Thug’s trial on Friday (June 7). Prosecutors put him again on the stand on Monday. He remained a reluctant witness.

The trial took a dramatic flip following a lunch break with out the jury current. Metal stated he realized prosecutors met with Copeland within the choose’s chambers with out the protection’s information. In keeping with Metal, Copeland allegedly admitted he killed Donovan “Nut” Thomas – a key incident within the YSL RICO case – through the assembly.

“How concerning the witness, how about Mr. Copeland, who supposedly introduced he’s not testifying and he’ll sit for 2 years and, supposedly this honorable court docket – or let me rephrase that – this court docket, stated I can maintain you till the tip of this trial … If true, what that is – is coercion [and] witness intimation,” Metal informed the choose.

Decide Glanville was livid. He demanded to know the way Metal came upon what occurred within the assembly. Metal rebuffed the choose’s repeated requests and requested for a mistrial.

Metal was held in idea and escorted from the courtroom. Younger Thug’s different lawyer Keith Adams objected to the trial shifting ahead with out Metal. Decide Glanville plowed forward with the proceedings.

“You don’t get to extort the court docket,” Decide Glanville declared. “It doesn’t work that method.”

The courtroom conflict occurred months right into a RICO trial for ever and ever. Younger Thug’s trial is already the longest in Georgia’s historical past. It started in November 2023.