YSL RICO Trial: Corrections Officer Charged Taking Bribes
The YSL RICO Trial has taken one other shocking flip as a former Fulton County corrections officer has been accused of collaborating with one among Young Thug‘s defendants.
According to WSB-TV, 31-year-old Karmen Bailey has been charged with accepting $17,000 in bribes, including from Marquavious Huey’s household, in change for delivering medicine and different contraband to inmates on the Fulton County Jail.
The case towards Bailey got here to a head when officers searched by means of her telephone and located proof of Apple Pay transactions and communications with Huey’s mom and brother. She has been charged with 4 counts of violation of oath, two counts of bribery, and two counts of acquiring/procuring/giving inmates prohibited gadgets with out authorization.
The Fulton County Sherriff’s Office additionally confirmed that Huey’s mom and brother, Malissa and Jermiyah Huey have been arrested, although their prices weren’t made public.
The YSL RICO Trial has seen its justifiable share of drama because it started in November 2023. It is not solely the longest-running trial in historical past, but in addition set a brand new document earlier this month.
On October 2, X account The Blvck Law Student famous that YSL protection legal professionals have filed a complete of 45 motions for mistrial for the reason that trial started – none of which have been granted. This is the primary time such a factor has ever occurred.
The unorthodox document was tallied the day after Thug’s lawyer’s newest movement for mistrial was denied by Judge Paige Reese Whitaker.
While that could be a setback for the YSL rapper, Whitaker additionally slammed the prosecution for the way they’re presenting their case towards Thugger, who they accuse of being the top of a felony road gang.
In a second of frustration captured on the court docket’s livestream, Whitaker admonished prosecutors, saying: “I don’t want to malign the prosecutor standing in front of me right now, so I’m not going to say the possible things it could be.
“But it is baffling to me that somebody with the number of years of experience that you have, time after time after time, continues to seemingly and purposefully hide the ball to the extent you possibly can, for as long as you possibly can.”
Young Thug Denied Mistrial Despite Judge Scolding ‘Haphazard’ Prosecutors
She added: “I really don’t want to believe that it is purposeful, but honestly, after a certain number of times, you start to wonder how it could be anything but that. Unless it is just that you are so unorganized that you are throwing this case together as you try it.
“This case is being made much more difficult for everybody because of the haphazard way in which it is being presented.”
Whitaker then referred to as a short recess and retreated to her quarters to contemplate the mistrial movement, however finally determined towards it.
