The YSL RICO trial has taken yet another messy turn as YFN Lucci announced his refusal to take a plea deal.
On Thursday (June 8), it was revealed that the Young Thug associate was reportedly offered a sweetheart plea deal. The rapper, who is currently sitting behind bars with regards to his alleged involvement in a murder that left a 28-year-old man dead, was hit with the RICO charges while he was out on bond for the alleged murder.
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The sweetheart plea deal will reportedly give the rapper (real name Rayshawn Bennett) 20 years behind bars for all crimes — including the RICO crimes — for which he must serve at least 17 “inside.”
And though the plea deal hadn’t been confirmed on Thursday, it was confirmed on Saturday (June 10) that the sweetheart plea deal was indeed offered to the “Man Down” rapper — who outright rejected the offer, according to TMZ.
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“His attorneys, Drew Findling and Gabe Banks, tell us the plea offer is “absurd,” and they strongly hinted the D.A. is intentionally dragging her feet — they point out Lucci is still waiting to go to trial after 2.5 years in custody,” reported the outlet.
Findling and Banks also raised questions about the competency of the Fulton County prosecutor, Fani Willis, and suggested that she had an “inability” to prosecute complex cases like the YSL RICO case.
“Despite the obstacles consistently placed in the way of Mr. Bennett’s constitutional right to a speedy and fair trial, we continue to be ready and prepared to defend these false allegations,” the attorneys said in a joint statement to TMZ.
At the center of all of these RICO cases is rapper Young Thug, who currently faces eight charges in the YSL case, including conspiracy to violate the RICO Act and two counts of participation in criminal street gang activity, along with multiple drug and weapons offenses.
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As of this writing, jury selection in the trial has gone on for more than five months, and not a single juror has been selected yet in the case.
Attorney Tom Church told Fox 5 Atlanta that he’s never seen such a breakdown of justice in all his years practicing law. “It’s descending into chaos, and every day seems to bring a new level of disorder,” he told the outlet.
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“Clearly, there’s been a breakdown here. We have attorneys getting arrested during these proceedings, having their computers seized. We have the judge who’s holding lawyers left and right in contempt.”
