Mr. Williams is called as having dedicated plenty of unlawful acts for which he isn’t charged, however that are described as “overt acts” in furtherance of the group’s legal conspiracy. Amongst these allegations are an occasion of threatening to kill a person at a mall and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. Mr. Williams can be alleged to have rented a silver Infiniti Q50 sedan that was used within the fee of the homicide of a rival gang member, Donovan Thomas Jr., in January 2015.
5 males are charged with homicide in reference to Mr. Thomas’s demise. One among them, Deamonte Kendrick, is recognized as Yak Gotti, a rapper on the YSL label.
Contacted late Monday night time, Drew Findling, a lawyer who has represented Mr. Williams previously, declined to remark. In an interview with WSB-TV, Brian Metal, described by the station as Mr. Williams’s lawyer, stated, “Mr. Williams dedicated no crime in anyway and we’ll battle to my final drop of blood to clear him.”
In earlier courtroom paperwork, prosecutors have described how one other cluster of Bloods-affiliated gangs are engaged in a hostile rivalry with Younger Slime Life. In April 2021, Ms. Willis charged a dozen individuals who have been stated to be members of gangs in that rival cluster, together with Rayshawn Bennett, one other well-known rap artist whose stage identify is YFN Lucci. Mr. Bennett was indicted on, amongst different issues, a felony homicide cost in reference to a drive-by taking pictures. Monday’s indictment costs three individuals accused of being YSL members with tried homicide in an assault on Mr. Bennett, who was stabbed in jail in February.
“I’m not impressed with the actual fact that you’re a rapper — that’s not going to maintain you from being indicted by default,” Ms. Willis stated at a information convention in April, wherein she criticized a decide for granting bond to Christian Eppinger, who raps beneath the identify Huge Bhris, is reported to be a Younger Slime Life member and is accused of taking pictures an Atlanta police officer six occasions in February. “In the event that they dedicated acts of violence, and if we now have sufficient proof to substantiate that, you’re going to see indictments,” Ms. Willis stated.
Mr. Eppinger is going through 15 new costs beneath Monday’s indictment, together with tried homicide.
The brand new charging doc and different courtroom data present that Fulton County prosecutors have been paying shut consideration to the music and social media output of Atlanta-area rappers and their associates for a while, utilizing the content material to bolster their legal circumstances towards plenty of suspects from each rival gang teams.
