Fulton County prosecutors unsuccessfully tried to introduce movies of Lil Wayne speaking about Younger Thug as proof within the YSL RICO trial on Wednesday (Could 1). Choose Ural Glanville refused to let the prosecution introduce the movies until Lil Wayne testified.
Chief Deputy District Lawyer Adriane Love repeatedly argued for the movies on a day when Choose Glanville heard motions exterior of the jury’s presence. Love did not persuade the choose why the movies needs to be launched if Lil Wayne didn’t testify.
“It looks like you all try actually exhausting to not name [Lil Wayne] and that’s your alternative,” Glanville informed Love, per the Atlanta Journal-Structure’s Jozsef Papp. “In the event you don’t name him, my ruling will stand on these specific displays that you’re attempting to introduce.”
The opportunity of Lil Wayne testifying was associated to a 2015 capturing involving his tour bus. Younger Thug affiliate PeeWee Roscoe was accused of capturing Lil Wayne’s tour bus in Georgia.
PeeWee Roscoe, whose actual title is Jimmy Winfrey, pleaded responsible to 6 of the 27 expenses he confronted for the capturing in 2015. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail and 10 years of probation. His conviction was overturned in 2018.
Winfrey entered an Alford plea for 2 of the costs in 2020. An Alford plea treats the defendant like they pleaded responsible however permits the individual to take care of their innocence.
Lil Wayne is not going to testify within the Younger Thug trial, however the Younger Cash founder’s tour bus driver Alvin Lewis is predicted to take the stand on Monday (Could 6). Lewis sued Younger Thug, Birdman and Winfrey over the capturing in 2016.
Younger Thug’s trial started in November 2023. It’s already the longest trial in Georgia historical past. Younger Thug has remained in jail since his 2022 arrest.