Williams will be cleared," Steel told ABC News on after the charges were announced by the Fulton County District Attorney's office. We will fight this case ethically, legally and zealously. Williams has committed no violation of law, whatsoever. Young Thug pleaded not guilty on all eight counts and is set to face trial along with 13 co-defendants. "That havoc includes crimes of violence, crimes of theft, crimes involving drugs," she added. "This indictment is significant because it targets 28 people who decided to become involved in a criminal street gang and really do havoc in our community," Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose office is prosecuting this case, said in a press conference announcing the indictment. The rapper was initially charged with one count each of conspiring to violate the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and participating in criminal street gang activity, and was later charged with an additional count of participating in street gang activity, three counts of violating the Georgia controlled substances act, possession of a firearm while committing a felony and possession of a machine gun. The Grammy-winning rapper was denied bond three times last year after he was arrested in May 2022 and charged with eight counts. and does not return to the detention center until late, which is interfering with his ability to prepare for this trial. Steel added that his client, who has been present in the courtroom during the months-long jury selection, is "sleep-deprived" because he wakes up at 4 a.m. Williams is not a risk to commit a crime and he's not a risk to flee the jurisdiction and that's what bond is about," Steel said. As jury selection in Young Thug's trial is expected to enter its fifth month in May, his attorney filed a fourth motion for his client to be released on bond as the rapper faces gang-related charges in a sweeping RICO indictment in Fulton County, Georgia.Īttorney Brian Steel, who represents the Grammy-winning rapper whose legal name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, told ABC News in a phone interview on Wednesday that his client does not pose a risk and should be released as he awaits trial.
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