YNW Melly‘s lengthy murder case has taken yet another dramatic twist as his lead defense attorney, Raven Liberty, is under investigation for witness tampering.
With the controversial rapper currently awaiting retrial on double murder charges, he must now make a decision about the future of his legal team as Liberty being investigated for possibly tampering with witnesses.
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She has not currently been charged with any crime nor offered comment on the situation, but the investigation is tied to Melly’s own tampering charge from 2023.
The rest of the rapper’s defense team have stated that they need more information regarding the probe before deciding on how to move forward.
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They also remarked that Melly has not seen Liberty in person for around a year.
YNW Melly (real name Jamell Demons) is going to have to decide whether to keep Liberty as part of his defense, with any changes likely to further delay the retrial, which is currently scheduled to begin in September.
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During a court hearing on Monday (January 6), the judge noted that Melly has been in jail for over six years without conviction, with the rapper’s reaction caught on the courtroom camera.
The 25-year-old could be seen self-deprecatingly laughing at the fact and said, “Damn.”
Hearing in Jamell "YNW Melly" Demons' double murder case postponed amid investigation into his lawyer for witness tampering.
"Mr. Demons has to make an informed decision about who he wants his lawyers. He's now been sitting in our jail for 2,159 days," the judge says. pic.twitter.com/H7PPsZ4My7
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) January 6, 2025
Melly has been attempting to get himself released from jail while awaiting retrial.
He recently sued Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony and his office, arguing that he should be released from custody immediately due to the “cruel” conditions he is being subjected to.
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“Demons is a black male whose current detention conditions shock the conscience and could not even be imagined in this day and age even in a third-world country that has no guard rails protecting human decency and dignity,” the complaint reads.
“For over three years, Petitioner Jamell Demons has not been permitted to make a single phone call or have a single visit with his family or any member of the outside world, including not seeing or speaking with his own mother in over three years!!!
“Demons has and continues to be subjected to the type of debilitating isolation that renders his conditions of incarceration cruel, unusual and beyond belief in a civilized society governed by Constitutional safeguards.”
The rapper stands accused of murdering two childhood friends, Chris “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams, in 2018 and making it look like a drive-by shooting.
The original trial ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict.
