Judge Paige Whitaker didn't agree with the prosecution's interpretation of a social media caption about "chasing that money," during the latest hearing in the YSL RICO trial . She had been sorting through various evidentiary issues in the case when discussing the Instagram post. A clip of the moment shared by legal journalist Meghann Cuniff is going viral on social media.
“What suggests that he is doing anything illegal by chasing that money?" Whitaker asked. "Isn't that what pretty much all of us who aren’t independently wealthy have to do every day of our lives?” The prosecution responded: "I am not saying with certainty that this is what he is saying. What I'm saying is that it is evidence that tends to or has a tendency to make a portion of assertions or our allegations in the indictment true to the extent that it is relevant that he made or said that made that statement on that posting.
He is representing YSL." Read More: Mariah The Scientist Reveals "Devastating" Reason She Couldn't Visit Young Thug On Their Anniversary Brian Steel, attorney for rapper Young Thug, arrives at the Fulton County Courthouse on November 27, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. Opening statements are set to begin in the case against 31-year-old US rapper Young Thug and 28 others, who are facing a racketeering indictment accusing the defendants of a number of offenses that support an overarching conspiracy charge, including murder, assault, carjacking, drug dealing, and theft.
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