Young Thug‘s attorneys are taking advantage of the appointment of a new judge in the YSL racketeering case to make a case for the rap star to be released on bond.
On Tuesday (July 23), lawyers Brian Steel and Keith Adams filed a motion for the case’s new judge Paige Reese Whitaker, arguing that their client has strong community ties and is not a flight risk.
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If Thugger is granted bond, they offered to provide around-the-clock monitoring by off-duty cops; to have him wear an ankle monitor while on house arrest; and have strict conditions on visitors.
The motion was filed just a few days after Judge Whitaker set some new ground rules for the long-running case.
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At a hearing on Friday (July 19), Judge Whitaker admitted that she was “parachuting in” to the long-running trial, according to an account by Rolling Stone.
She indicated that she expected the jury to return on August 5, after she catches up on pending motions.
The judge also laid out a set of new rules in order to keep the case, which kicked off in November 2023 following ten months of jury selection, to a reasonable length.
Judge Whitaker explained that court will go from 8:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, though perhaps a bit shorter on Fridays. She also banned headphones and eating in the courtroom.
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“I would like for us to maintain a degree of decorum and dignity and professionalism that is what is expected of all of us as members of the bar,” the judge said, in a nod to the heated debate over a secret hearing that resulted in the case’s original judge being removed. “I’m here to give everybody a fair trial, a fair shake, and follow the law.”
Judge Ural Glanville, who had been overseeing the trial since it started, was removed on July 15.
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Thug’s lawyer Brian Steel had filed a motion to dismiss Glanville from the case after he met with prosecutors and state witness Kenneth Copeland last month without the knowledge of the rapper and his legal team.
Glanville was replaced by Judge Shakura Ingram – who then recused herself two days later because of a romantic relationship her former courthouse deputy had with a co-defendant in the case.
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Just hours later, Ingram was replaced by Judge Whitaker.
