Young Thug trial witness awkwardly mistakes defendant’s brother for attorney: Live

The hotly-anticipated trial of the rapper Young Thug is underway in a courtroom in Atlanta, Georgia, following almost a year of delays.

In May 2022, Young Thug, real name Jeffery Williams, was arrested and charged in a sprawling RICO indictment along with 27 other defendants.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis – who is using the same law to prosecute Donald Trump in his Georgia election interference case – accused the suspects of being part of a criminal street gang named YSL or “Young Slime Life.”

According to prosecutors, the gang is responsible for a series of violent crimes, including murders, shootings, carjackings and racketeering.

Young Thug has denied the accusations and insisted that YSL is simply Young Thug’s record label – Young Stoner Life.

After several defendants took plea deals or had their cases severed, the Grammy Award-winning rapper and five others are finally on trial.

Drama erupted in the courtroom on Wednesday when a juror informed the judge that she saw herself on a livestream during a recess. Despite fears of a mistrial, the court will resume tomorrow.

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Wednesday 6 December 2023 21:30 , Kelly Rissman

Despite the drama, court will resume session tomorrow

After the judge asked every juror whether they overheard the one juror discussing her concern with the sergeant. The judge encouraged jurors to keep off of social media apps to avoid any coverage of the trial. “Any apps, any news feeds, come off of those,” he said.

The court will start at 10am tomorrow and go until about 12:30pm.

Wednesday 6 December 2023 21:14 , Kelly Rissman

Other jurors speak to the judge

The judge asked all the other jurors if they heard the first juror discussing “anything about the media”?