The rap sport’s courtroom drama simply took a wild flip! On Friday (February 16), police arrested Nicole Fegan, the lawyer of Tenquarius Mender, a former defendant within the YSL RICO case.
Former YSL Lawyer’s Arrest and Fees Defined
Fegan is accused of partaking in prison road gang exercise and advising a suspect to tamper with proof. In response to FOX 5 Atlanta, her expenses are tied to a capturing that shook downtown Atlanta on September 27, 2022.
Following the capturing, Fegan allegedly contacted a suspect she wasn’t representing and tipped him off about lively warrants. Fegan reportedly knew concerning the warrants after sitting by way of a preliminary listening to concerning the case.
Investigators accuse her of giving sketchy recommendation, together with telling the capturing suspect to “get rid of his telephone” as police deliberate to arrest him.
Per WSB-TV, Atlanta police arrested her in Gwinnett County and at the moment plan to move her to Fulton County.
Whether or not Fegan has secured herself a lawyer or plans to characterize herself stays unclear, however she’s reportedly sustaining her innocence. WSB-TV reviews {that a} decide granted Fegan a $40,000 bond. She’s anticipated to be launched on Friday evening.
The Ongoing YSL Case
As talked about, Fegan represents Tenquarius. Final yr, the court docket severed him from the principle, ongoing YSL RICO trial, per Rolling Stone, which means he can be tried individually quickly. On the time, prosecutors cited Fegan’s being pregnant as a battle.
“I don’t assume being pregnant ought to be handled as a illness or a incapacity,” Fegan argued.”
I feel at this level, attempting them individually can be costly and doubtlessly prejudicial as a result of the jury choice course of has already began. We’ve been on this case since Could, and in Could I wasn’t pregnant.”
By February 2023, nevertheless, the decide determined to grant the prosecutors’ request.
Subsequently, the rely of Younger Thug’s co-defendants, out of the 28 individuals initially charged, dropped to 11 individuals. The quantity has since decreased to only six.
Fegan’s run-in with the regulation is only one half in a string of allegations in opposition to YSL associates, together with massive names like Thugger and Gunna.
Authorities have tagged the gang with a laundry listing of crimes, starting from tried stick-ups to homicide.
And as Thug stands trial, denied bond for worry he may intimidate witnesses or hit the highway, the prosecution seems to be pulling out all of the stops at this level.
They’re even bringing his lyrics and social media flexing into the courtroom as proof.
What’s unfolding might very nicely be Georgia’s longest trial saga, with Fegan’s drama now including its personal subplot to the case.
“The invention turned over by the state was one thing like eight terabytes of knowledge. On prime of that, the state expects to name about 400 witnesses. It’s formally the longest prison state trial in Georgia historical past,” Atlanta Journal-Structure’s Sahaddi Abusaid advised WABE. “It surpassed the APS dishonest scandal trial which I feel took eight months begin to end.”
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