The YSL RICO case has been full of wild twists and turns that have been widely publicized — and the defense’s latest motions continue that tradition.
According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, Brian Steel — the attorney for Young Thug — has filed two more motions to exclude evidence, which brings the total number of such motions to 23.
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While the 23rd motion — which was filed on Thursday (July 27) — doesn’t raise eyebrows, as it’s simply a motion to exclude evidence tied to co-defendant Shannon Stillwell’s arrest, it’s the 22nd motion that has unveiled quite the bombshell.
“Although this issue does not directly involve Mr. Williams as he was never involved/arrested on March 17, 2022 nor charged with Mr. Drinks’ supposed murder, law enforcement officers arrested Mr. Shannon Stillwell at 2481 Meadowlark Drive, East Point, Georgia, 30344, while in the midst of a religious ceremony which involved supposed sacrifice of goats,” reads the motion.
Check out both motions below:
While there has been no shortage of speculation as to what religion Stillwell was practicing when he allegedly sacrificed the goats in question, according to NPR the practice is still quite common in monotheistic (Judaism, Islam), polytheistic (Hinduism), and syncretic and pre-colonial religions (Santeria).
Judge Ural Glanville didn’t rule on the motion, and it’s unclear when he will do so.
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This news is just the latest shocking turn in the YSL RICO case. Before being denied bond on July 21, Young Thug’s attorney filed another motion in limine at the beginning of the month, in the hopes of getting jailhouse conversations tossed.
The motion, which was filed on July 5, moves “to exclude any and all recorded jail calls made by anyone other than Mr. Williams as said jail calls are hearsay and/or violate the Confrontation Clause.”
In a nutshell, Steel is claiming that any calls made from behind bars have members of law enforcement sitting in and listening on them, which can then be used in other criminal prosecutions. This suggests — though does not definitively confirm — that these conversations are incriminating in nature, which is why Steel wants them excluded from the record.
In June, Steel filed two other motions in limine on behalf of Young Thug. These motions argued that Detective Quinn, who is a witness for the prosecution, will be falsely representing that Thugger (real name Jeffery Williams) snitched to the detective in an unrelated murder case.
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Therefore, attorney Brian Steel requested that Judge Ural Glanville exclude Detective Quinn’s testimony, claiming it’s “not accurate, places Mr. Williams’ character at issue, and is irrelevant to the trial of the above referenced case.”
What’s more, Steel is requesting that Glanville exclude any 911 calls made by Young Thug in connection to this unnamed murder, and that Young Thug’s “right to a fair trial” needs to be preserved.
