Metro Boomin has chimed in amid news of a defense attorney in the YSL RICO trial being arrested in the courtroom on gang-related charges.
Shortly after the news broke on Friday (February 16), the Grammy Award-winning producer took to Twitter to set the record straight regarding the narratives surrounding the situation.
“that lady not even thug lawyer y’all gotta stop spreading misinformation,” he wrote, before adding in a follow-up post: “#FreeJeff #FreeYak.”
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The person in question, Nicole Fegan, was in fact representing YSL member Tenquarius Mender and was even successful in getting his case severed from the other defendants’ pending cases. However, she was arrested and charged with participating in criminal gang activity and criminal solicitation to commit the offense of tampering with evidence, though the charges are not directly related to the YSL RICO trial.
She has since bailed out on a $40,000 bond.
Fans of the YSL collective immediately began looking up Fegan’s Instagram upon news of her arrest, with many commenting on posts that they thought were unprofessional. Among the many posts was a meme of her, in which she could be seen bending down and squinting with the caption: “when opposing counsel whips out video surveillance of your client and u try to act like u can’t tell who it is.”
Another post featured her sitting on the floor with racks of dollar bills arranged to spell the word “broke.” One upload even featured her holding a gun while wearing a spaghetti-strapped black dress, as the caption read: “if your man’s name holds weight, you can’t just be out here acting like a regular bitch [100 emoji].”
Prosecutors in the case previously filed a motion in mid-January to request that livestreaming and cameras banned from the courtroom. They cited what’s commonly known as Georgia Rule 22, which lays out strict guidelines for media in the courtrooms.
Prosecutors claim that the motion is necessary to “preserve the integrity of the proceedings.”
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“The State is not outright requesting an outright denial of recording in this trial,” it reads. “Instead, each of the State’s requests is explicitly referenced in Rule 22(G)(2) as an example of a “least restrictive possible limitation” on recording short of denial.”
Last month, the YSL RICO trial made headlines once again when somebody watching the hearing on Zoom interrupted to shout: “Free Thug! Mistrial!”
