Young Thug‘s trial has been marred by a number of headline-grabbing moments, the latest of which has led one legal expert to call the case a “dumpster fire.”
Former Judicial Qualifications Commission chair Lester Tate made the comment while speaking to the Atlanta Journal-Constitutionabout whether or not Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause should be the one to decide if Chief Judge Ural Glanville gets to continue presiding over Thugga’s case.
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Earlier this month, Glanville agreed that the trial will not proceed until another judge decides whether he should recuse himself from the trial over alleged misconduct. The behavior in question stems from a secret meeting between the judge, a witness and prosecutors.
On July 9, Young Thug’s attorney Brian Steel filed a second motion to dismiss Judge Granville from presiding over the rapper’s ongoing RICO trial. The 233-page motion is a supplement to the one he filed last month, where he also filed for a mistrial, alleging that the judge and prosecutors had a “unlawful, improper ex parte meeting” with witness Kenneth Copeland.
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Judge Krause was appointed as the judge to make a decision about Glanville’s conduct, however Steel has called for another judge to take her place after finding out that she received a $2000 re-election donation from Glanville.
While Krause believes the amount is not a large enough to be considered a conflict of interest. Lester Tate disagrees, especially because of the optics.
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“Given the dumpster fire the YSL trial has become, I’m really shocked she has not recused herself,” he told the AJC. “Even if the letter of the law allows it, to benefit the judiciary and protect its image to the public, the better practice would be for her to voluntarily recuse.”
Just before the judicial dispute kicked off, Young Thug‘s former associate Lil Woody added another layer of drama to the case when he admitted he lied to police, sharing from the stand that he was “making up stories.”
Woody, born Kenneth Copeland, took the stand on Thursday (June 13) and admitted that he answered “yes” to all prosecutor inquiries in an attempt to speed through his questionings.
He also confessed that he lied during all of his police interviews, dating back to 2015.
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“Every time they grabbed me, I had a different story for them,” Woody said. “I was not truthful, I was saying whatever they wanted me to say … I was trying my best to convince them that I didn’t do nothing … You asked me if I was being truthful. I know I wasn’t being truthful.”
He clarified he didn’t recall anything he said in past police interviews but confirmed that none of it held any ounce of truth. “Whenever they was questioning me, I was lying. I was making up stories,” he said.
