Two years ago rapper Young Thug was arrested on RICO charges in Fulton County, GA [click here if you missed that].
This week Thug's attorney was tossed in jail on contempt charges after refusing to reveal how he found out about a secret in chambers meeting between the judge, the prosecutor and the state's star witness...
From The Daily Mail
The latest twist in Young Thug's lengthy racketeering trial was his own defense team being thrown in jail for the next 10 weekends for refusing to tell the presiding judge how he heard about a privileged conversation.
Attorney Brian Steel somehow learned of a conversation that was between Judge Ural Glanville, prosecutors and Kenneth Copeland, one of the state's star witnesses, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Steel and Glanville got into a heated spat with one another in open court on Monday, starting with Steel confronting the judge about this alleged secret meeting in the judge's chambers on Monday morning.
The judge said the talk was ex parte, which means it was only for the parties involved, but Steel argued that Young Thug and himself had a right to be in that meeting under the Georgia Constitution.
Steel wanted to know what happened in the meeting but the judge quickly redirected the conversation back to how Steel found out about the meeting. To which, Steel refused to tell him.
I'm asking you how did you get this information?' Glanville asked Steel, who was standing at the lectern.
'I'm not telling the court,' Steel responded, later requesting a mistrial over this.
The conversation was a dead end from there and Glanville ordered the bailiff to take Steel into custody.
'You got some information you shouldn't have gotten,' Glanville told the rapper's attorney.
'You're not supposed to have communication with a witness who's been sworn,' Steel said, referring to Copeland who was sworn in Friday.
Steel was ordered to report to the Fulton County Jail by 7 p.m. Friday for 10 weekends, totaling 20 days.
YOUNG THUG'S LAWYER HAS EVIDENCE OF COERSION AND WITNESS INTIMIDATION BY THE JUDGE AND THE STATE
— THUGGERDAILY ひ (@ThuggerDaily) June 10, 2024
THE JUDGE WANTS TO KNOW HOW HE FOUND OUT BUT STEEL ISN'T RATTING. THE JUDGE THREATENS STEEL WITH JAIL.
WOODY ALSO APPARENTLY ADMITTED HE'S THE ONE WHO KILLED NUT
CORRUPTION. pic.twitter.com/faGHjcQL21
Young Thug’s lawyer Brian Steele has officially been held in contempt and taken into custody #FREESTEELE pic.twitter.com/0Lf4ppCVd9
— THUGGERDAILY ひ (@ThuggerDaily) June 10, 2024
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