Young Thug Trial: State’s Key Witness Lil Woody Says ‘I Lied’
Young Thug‘s trial has had yet another curveball after the state’s key witness mentioned that he has lied in a few of his previous statements.
In court docket on Monday (August 12), Kenneth Copeland (also referred to as Lil Woody) ended up exploding on prosecutors throughout his time on the stand, saying he lied about “almost everything” in 2015 in an effort to remain out of jail.
“Like I told you before y’all called me to trial, I have lied,” he mentioned. “I made things up. I told you this before y’all brought me in this courtroom, and I’m telling you now. You asked me about 2015. I had got my life together. Y’all are trying to put this on my conscience, y’all are trying to put people’s lives in my hands.
He continued: “I don’t wanna be here. Y’all have pressured me, I’m tired of y’all, cause y’all know y’all wrong, and y’all Black people doing this to us”
Copeland additionally denied that he’s attempting to assist Young Thug out now, including that he doesn’t “care nothing about him,” per FOX.
The trial is at present ongoing.
#KennethCopeland is making it clear that he would not wish to testify. Most of his solutions have been “I don’t recall.” He additionally explains that in 2015, he would say something, together with blaming #YoungThug for homicide, to get out of hassle. #YSL#FultonCountyhttps://t.co/6PZ1qS4eSApic.twitter.com/kPZTVg8OzC
— FOX 5 Atlanta (@FOX5Atlanta) August 12, 2024
Young Thug seems to be rising more and more weary of the continuing YSL RICO trial, which has now change into the longest in Georgia’s historical past.
In a viral publish from the proceedings on Wednesday (August 7) – which marked day 107 of the trial – Thugger will be seen seemingly snoozing in his seat as his lawyer Brian Steel spoke to Judge Paige Reese Whitaker.
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The trial resumed on July 30, following a delay as they appointed the aforementioned new choose.
Amid the various mishaps and delays, Thug and his authorized group final month filed for a mistrial in addition to a request to be launched on bond – however each have been shot down by the brand new choose.
Judge Ural Glanville, who had been overseeing the trial because it began, was eliminated on July 15 after he met with prosecutors and Copeland with out the data of Thug and his authorized group.
He was then changed by Judge Shakura Ingram – who then recused herself on July 17 due to a romantic relationship her former courthouse deputy had with a co-defendant within the case. Whitaker was named as the brand new choose that very same day.
