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Young Thug’s Attorney Brian Steel Will Represent Former DA Accused Of Interfering In Ahmaud Arbery Investigation

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Late last month, Young Thug was finally released from prison following a long and difficult trial. The rapper accepted a plea deal and will spend the next 15 years on probation. He was also ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines and must abide by various release conditions. This includes not communicating with any alleged gang members of YSL affiliates, aside from his brother and Gunna.

Young Thug’s fans and peers are thrilled to see him back at home, and immediately after his release, sang the praises of his attorney Brian Steel. “As far as Jeffery is feeling now, he knows my feelings, which I am not going to reveal for attorney-client privilege. But, this is not the same as a not guilty verdict,” Steel told reporters outside of the courthouse.

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Brian Steel To Represent Jackie Johnson

“Nobody here wakes up every day on a concrete floor that they’re calling his bed, at 4:15. He gets shackled at his feet, his waist, and his hands, comes to the Fulton County courthouse to be on concrete, eating out of a bag, and then coming to the courthouse to sit there with a leg chain every single day, and hear lie after lie. So for Jeffery to go home today, and not have another 90 days, 120 days of it [the trial], he is very happy,” he continued.

Now, however, Steel has moved on and will now be representing a new client. This client is former Georgia district attorney Jackie Johnson, who’s accused of interfering in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder. Arbery was a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot after being followed by three white men while jogging. The three men were later convicted of murder as well as federal hate crimes. Johnson’s trial for alleged criminal misconduct is scheduled to begin in early 2025, according to the Associated Press.

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Young Thug & His Lawyer Brian Steel Speak To Emory University Law Students

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Last week, Young Thug accepted a plea deal following nearly two years of trial and was finally released from prison. The rapper will spend 15 years on probation and abide by several release conditions, but his supporters are thrilled regardless. It looks like Young Thug is making the most of his newfound freedom, reconnecting with old collaborators and friends. He even recently chatted with some students at Emory University School of Law, thanks to his lawyer Brian Steel.

In a new photo, Steel is seen standing in front of a group of students on a FaceTime call with Young Thug. Both of them appeared to be in good spirits, though it remains unclear exactly what they discussed. They have a huge win under their belt, however, meaning Steel could impart some serious wisdom to the lucky students.

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Brian Steel Imparts Wisdom To Law Students

“All of a sudden i wanna go to law school,” one X user jokes. “Brian Steel ain’t stopped working yet,” another says. Steel has been receiving a great deal of praise for his work throughout Young Thug’s trial. This only increased once the artist was released. Following the verdict, Steel spoke to reporters outside of the courthouse. He made it clear that he wasn’t completely satisfied, pointing out that he still believed his client deserved to be found not guilty. “As far as Jeffery is feeling now, he knows my feelings, which I am not going to reveal for attorney-client privilege. But, this is not the same as a not guilty verdict,” he explained.

He went on, noting how while the verdict wasn’t exactly what they were hoping for, they at least managed to get Young Thug out of jail and back home to his loved ones. What do you think of Young Thug and his lawyer Brian Steel chatting with students at Emory University School of Law? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Young Thug’s Lawyer Brian Steel Reacts To Trial Outcome

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The most talked about story in hip-hop this week is Young Thug’s release from prison. On Halloween, Thug took a blind plea deal. Judge Paige Reese Whitaker sentenced him to 15 years of probation and ordered him to pay thousands of dollars in fines. Additionally, Whitaker banned him from entering the metro Atlanta area for the first 10 years of his probation. He can visit in special cases, though he must leave the area within two days. Fans are thrilled with the verdict. For them, it means that a hip-hop favorite gets to come home and resume a wildly successful and influential music career. However, Young Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steel, is not as ecstatic. When asked about how Thug feels following his release, Steel alluded to his personal unhappiness with the outcome. However, he emphasized that Thug is happy to be coming home.

“As far as Jeffery is feeling now, he knows my feelings, which I am not going to reveal for attorney-client privilege. But, this is not the same as a not guilty verdict,” Steel said outside of the courthouse. He went into details about the way Thug was treated while in custod. He specifically pointed to the poor conditions of his cell. “Nobody here wakes up every day on a concrete floor that they’re calling his bed, at 4:15. He gets shackled at his feet, his waist, and his hands, comes to the Fulton County courthouse to be on concrete, eating out of a bag, and then coming to the courthouse to sit there with a leg chain every single day, and hear lie after lie. So for Jeffery to go home today, and not have another 90 days, 120 days of it [the trial], he is very happy.”

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Young Thug’s Lawyer Speaks About Client’s Release

 
 
 
 
 
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Brian Steel has become a minor hero in the eyes of Young Thug fans. Georgia has famously difficult RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) laws to navigate. They have been used in other high-profile cases. Notably, the state of Georgia’s case against former president Donald Trump concerning his plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Steel did not his client get a definitive “not guilty” verdict. But, his work ensured that Thug would not have to spend another day in prison. Thug spent over 900 days in custody after his arrest in May 2022.

Thug can now return to making music without many complications. Judge Whitaker ordered that he stay away from other YSL members and co-defendants at the trial. However, Thug specifically requested permission to continue working with Gunna, who Thug signed to his record label in 2017. The judge acquiesed. Additionally, he can travel for music-related reasons. Fans won’t have to worry about Thug being unable to tour or collaborate with artists. All of that would not be possible without the legal guidance of Steel, a man who Thug owes a debt of gratitude.

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Young Thug Fans Praise His Lawyer Brian Steel Amid Rapper’s Newfound Freedom

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Yesterday, Young Thug accepted a plea deal and was finally released from prison. He’ll spend 15 years on probation and must abide by various other release conditions, but his fans are thrilled nonetheless. It was undoubtedly a long and difficult battle for everyone involved, including his lawyer, Brian Steel.

Steel made it clear he wasn’t going to back down through the entirety of the case and was even willing to end up behind bars himself for his client. For obvious reasons, social media users are singing his praises following his and Young Thug’s latest legal win. “BRIAN STEEL JUST BECAME THE HIGHEST PAID LAWYER IN THE WORLD,” one X user jokes. “GIVE BRIAN STEEL HIS YSL CHAIN ASAP,” another insists.

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Young Thug Finally Released From Prison

It goes without saying that Steel has a lot to be proud of today and that this has likely been one of the most memorable moments of his career so far. As for Young Thug’s co-defendants, only two remain, Yak Gotti and Shannon Stillwell. Three others, not including Young Thug himself, also entered guilty pleas earlier this week.

Yesterday, Yak Gotti’s attorney Douglas Weinstein revealed that his client turned down a plea deal. Instead, he said he “fully intends to take this to the jury and get our not guilty verdicts and go home.” If he and Stillwell ultimately decide not to accept plea deals, the trial will reportedly resume on Monday (November 4).

Social Media Users Thank Brian Steel After Young Thug Gets Released

What do you think of Young Thug finally getting to go home yesterday? What about social media users thanking his lawyer Brian Steel as a result? Does he deserve all of the praise he’s receiving online? Share your thoughts in the comments section and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates. Check out some fans’ kind words for Steel down below.

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Young Thug’s Attorney Brian Steel Is Off The Hook For Criminal Contempt Of Court

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Georgia’s Supreme Court has reversed the criminal contempt of court ruling against Brian Steel, Young Thug’s defense attorney. According to Billboard, after reviewing the June ruling by Judge Ural Glanville, the Supreme Court ruled that Glanville should have recused himself and let another judge determine whether Steel was actually in contempt.

Glanville ordered Steel to 20 days in jail after the attorney refused to disclose how he found out about a secret meeting between the judge and prosecutors. The move sparked an immediate appeal and an outcry from lawyers across the internet once the news broke. Widespread calls for Glanville’s removal from the case were eventually granted, and the case has since proceeded with a new judge, who was none too impressed with the state’s handling of evidence and testimony.

Steel had protested Glanville’s “ex parte” meeting with prosecutors and witness Kenneth Copeland, asking for transcripts of the meeting during the June session. The judge instead demanded to know how Steel came by the information, and after Steel refused, Glanville sentenced him to 20 days in jail to be served on 10 consecutive weekends. Steel accepted the terms asking to be held with his client Thug so they could work on the case. Steele’s appeal put a stay on the sentence, and now that the Supreme Court has reversed Glanville’s ruling, he’s officially off the hook.

The trial has become the longest in Georgia state history. Young Thug is charged with racketeering, with prosecutors accusing him of being the head of a criminal organization disguised as a record label.

[WATCH] YSL RICO Trial: Young Thug Burts Into Laughter In Courtroom Following Comment From His Lawyer

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In the ongoing fiasco of the YSL RICO trial in Atlanta, another courtroom debacle occurred during Young Thug’s RICo trial yesterday, with the Young Slime Life head honcho laughing so hard at his lawyer’s comment, that his amusement almost couldn’t be contained.

During the trial, as seen on livestream, Thug’s attorney Brian Steel used a metaphor to describe him not being allowed to see the prosecution’s evidence, saying, “This is all to me like I have a bag over my head and getting smashed with a baseball bat and I have no idea where to hit. I don’t have anything. I have asked for reports.”

Halfway through Steel’s commentary, Young Thug exploded into laughter and had to cover his mouth to quiet his unexpected outburst.

See the outburst HERE

Obviously, the changing of the guard from Judge Ural Glanville to Judge Paige Reese Whitaker still didn’t cease the shenanigans in the courtroom and the colorful testimony of Kenneth “Lil Woody” Copeland, who admitted to lying under oath to the prosecution, is proof.

“Like I told you before y’all called me to trial, I have lied,” he testified. “I made things up. I told you this before y’all brought me in this courtroom, and I’m telling you now. You asked me about 2015. I had got my life together. Y’all are trying to put this on my conscience, y’all are trying to put people’s lives in my hands.”

He added, “I don’t wanna be here. Y’all have pressured me, I’m tired of y’all, cause y’all know y’all wrong, and y’all Black people doing this to us.”

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Young Thug Unable To Control His Laughter In Viral YSL Trial Clip

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Young Thug couldn’t contain his laughter during a court appearance, earlier this week, when his attorney, Brian Steel, made an analogy about the YSL RICO case. “This is all to me like I have a bag over my head, and I’m getting smashed with a baseball bat, and I have no idea where to hit because I don’t have anything,” Steel jokes in a video going viral on social media. In the background, Thug breaks into laughter.

“Love to see him still remaining positive lol,” one user responded to the clip on X (formerly Twitter). Another wrote back: “I wouldn’t even be capable of laughing anymore after going through what he’s going through for 2 years … glad he still has his spirits up.” One more agreed: “It makes my heart smile to see him still able to smile and find humor in the situation because after this fiasco of a trial I would not be able to hold my composure in that court room. I would have been removed for being belligerent a LONG time ago.”

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Brian Steel Arrives At Fulton County Courthouse

Brian Steel, attorney for rapper Young Thug, arrives at the Fulton County Courthouse on November 27, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. Opening statements will begin in the case against 31-year-old US rapper Young Thug and 28 others, who are facing a racketeering indictment accusing the defendants of a number of offenses that support an overarching conspiracy charge, including murder, assault, carjacking, drug dealing, and theft. (Photo by Christian Monterrosa / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

The viral clip comes as the YSL RICO trial, which is already the longest in state history, continues to drag on. Lawyers for Yak Gotti recently filed a motion requesting a time limit for the prosecution’s case due to their repeated lack of preparation and inefficiency in the presentation of evidence. They argued that “the Court should use that discretion to prevent this trial from stretching indefinitely and beyond the reaches of time…”

Young Thug Can’t Help But Laugh

Check out the viral video from court on X below. Be on the lookout for further updates on Young Thug and the YSL RICO trial on HotNewHipHop.

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Young Thug YSL RICO Trial Delayed Indefinitely Amid Judge Controversy

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Several reports have confirmed that the Young Thug YSL Trial has been indefinitely delayed due to drama involving Judge Ural Glanville, who is now trying to excuse himself from the case.

Due to the secret meeting between the judge, a witness and prosecutors, the trial has stopped and it will be determined if Judge Glanville acted inappropriately.

Glanville agreed that the trial will not proceed until another judge decides whether he should recuse himself from the trial over alleged misconduct.

The Fulton County judge got into a publicized argument with Thug’s attorney Brian Steel over the meeting with witness Kenneth Copeland, which Steel said was unconstitutional.

See the courtroom footage of the court delay announcement HERE

Glanville has now agreed to make the transcripts from his meeting with the witness and prosecutors public.

Steel recently filed a motion to dismiss Glanville from the trial, alleging he had an “unlawful, improper ex parte meeting” with Copeland who had previously been granted immunity by the prosecution in exchange for his testimony.

Steel claims that he and Thug received no notice of the meeting and that it violated the rapper’s “constitutional and statutory rights, including the right to due process, a fair trial, a fair tribunal, ethical prosecutors and the right to be present at every critical stage of the proceedings under the Georgia Constitution.”

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Young Thug Trial: Judge Puts Proceedings On Hold As Recusal Motion Goes Under Review

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has put the trial for Young Thug and YSL on hold after the defense filed a motion for him to recuse himself over a controversial ex-parte meeting with the prosecutors and star witness Kenneth Copeland. Glanville says the trial will not resume until a separate judge reviews the case and decides whether he should continue on the bench. Additionally, he’ll be releasing a full transcript of the meeting with Copeland “so everyone will have a chance to look at it.”

The move came as a surprise to both sides of the case. When the prosecution asked how long this will take, Glanville replied: “I don’t know. I don’t have anything to do with that.” The criminal trial has already become the longest-running in Georgia history, going on 18 months with no end in sight.

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Young Thug’s Lawyer, Brian Steel, Arrives At Court

Brian Steel, attorney for rapper Young Thug, arrives at the Fulton County Courthouse on November 27, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Opening statements are set to begin in the case against 31 year old US rapper Young Thug and 28 others, who are facing a racketeering indictment accusing the defendants of a number of offenses that support an overarching conspiracy charge, including murder, assault, carjacking, drug dealing, and theft. (Photo by Christian Monterrosa / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

As for the controversial ex-parte meeting that caused the latest stall, Thug’s attorney, Brian Steel, became irate in court, earlier this month, after learning it took place. He accused the judge of working with the prosecution to allegedly coerce Copeland into testifying. In turn, Glanville placed him under arrest for contempt of court and took offense at the suggestion.

Judge Glanville Pauses The Trial

Check out Glanville’s latest update on the ongoing trial above. Be on the lookout for further updates on Young Thug and the YSL trial on HotNewHipHop.

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Young Thug Trial: Judge Refuses To Step Down After Ex-Parte Meeting Debacle

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Judge Ural Glanville is refusing to step down and declare a mistrial in the case against Young Thug and other members of YSL after attorney Brian Steel requested he do so in a motion, this week. The drama stems from a court date, last week, where Steel revealed that he learned of a secret ex-parte meeting between Glanville, prosecutors, and a key witness named Kenneth Copeland. Steel became livid in the courtroom, labeling the discussion illegal and grounds for a mistrial. In response, Glanville held him in contempt of court for not revealing who leaked details of the meeting.

Addressing the request, Glanville said at a hearing on Tuesday that the complaints are “bare assertions and legal conclusions which aren’t sufficient for the court to grant your motion.” In the filing, Steel accused Glanville of working with the prosecution to convict Young Thug. He wrote: “The court has become a member of the prosecution team in an effort to thwart Mr. Williams’ [Young Thug] Constitutional right to a fair trial. This court must be recused, the court and the prosecution have violated Mr. Williams’ rights and the Indictment must be dismissed after a mistrial is declared.”

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Young Thug’s Attorney, Brian Steel, Arrives At Court

Brian Steel, attorney for rapper Young Thug, arrives at the Fulton County Courthouse on November 27, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Opening statements are to begin in the case against 31-year-old US rapper Young. Thug and 28 others, who are facing a racketeering indictment accusing the defendants of a number of offenses that support an overarching conspiracy charge, including murder, assault, carjacking, drug dealing, as well as theft. (Photo by Christian Monterrosa / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Steel further wrote: “Mr. Williams’ trial is constitutionally fractured, unfair and lacks all constitutional, statutory and ethical safeguards and protections of due process of law. No intellectually honest person could believe that coercing witness Copeland to testify in a ‘star chamber’ setting meets Constitutional muster.” He argues that Copeland reneged on a plan to testify in exchange for immunity, but Glanville and the prosecution pressured him into changing his mind again. “This is witness intimidation, coercion and the court has become a member of the prosecution team in assisting the prosecution to induce a material witness to testify,” he explained.

“I’m going to ask him how much pressure, if any, the court put on him, and you’re going to be the one instructing the jury,” Steel later said to Glanville at Tuesday’s hearing. “And I just can’t imagine how that’s fair to Mr. Williams.” Be on the lookout for further updates on Young Thug and the YSL trial on HotNewHipHop.

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