Younger Thug has been denied bond as soon as once more and can stay in jail whereas awaiting his much-delayed trial for costs of gang exercise and racketeering. Per Billboard, Choose Ural Glanville dominated that the rapper should stay behind bars, claiming he would “pose a major threat to the neighborhood” and citing the prosecutor’s claims of doable witness intimidation.

Whereas claiming Younger Thug (born Jeffery Williams) has a historical past of intimidating witnesses, Prosecutor Adriane Love alleged that the artist instructed a lady through textual content message that “snitch hoes get murked, them and their children.” Younger Thug’s legal professionals disputed the existence of the textual content, and the prosecutors later clarified that the message was despatched again in 2010.

Prosecutors additionally alleged that “current conversations” with witnesses prompt that Younger Thug was “asking for permission to hurt others.” In accordance with The Atlanta Journal-Structure, Love shared an alleged quote from a possible witness: “He strikes like a person with one million {dollars} behind his identify.”

In the meantime, Younger Thug’s lawyer Brian Metal disputed that his shopper posed a threat and detailed the “torturous” situations Thug has been dealing with in jail. Not solely has Thug “gained super weight” from consuming processed meals, however he was not too long ago hospitalized with kidney points consequently.

“The weight loss plan consumed by Mr. Williams endangers his well being,” mentioned Metal. “Pre-trial incarceration, your honor, shouldn’t be supposed to break an individual’s thoughts, spirit or physique.”

Although the trial technically began in January, it has repeatedly been delayed as not a single juror has been chosen. Younger Thug was indicted in Could 2022 after being accused of masterminding a felony gang underneath the Younger Slime Life banner; his legal professionals have argued that YSL is solely a music label. YSL artist Gunna pleaded responsible to a racketeering cost again in December and was launched from jail.