ATLANTA (AP) — One of two males who was indicted together with rapper Young Thug and is awaiting a jury verdict was stabbed in jail however is anticipated to be in court docket Monday, his lawyer stated.
Attorney Doug Weinstein confirmed that his shopper, Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti, was injured Sunday. Jurors are returning Monday to proceed deliberating whether or not to convict Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell on gang, homicide, drug and gun expenses.
Natalie Ammons, Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, stated in an e-mail that Kendrick and one other detainee received in a struggle on the jail’s south annex in Union City. Kendrick was handled for “minor accidents from a pointy object,” she wrote. An investigation into the struggle is underway, she stated.
Kendrick and Stillwell have been amongst 28 individuals indicted together with Young Thug in May 2022 on expenses together with conspiring to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Jury choice for the trial of six of these defendants started practically two years in the past, and opening statements have been a yr in the past.
Four of the defendants, together with Young Thug, pleaded responsible in October. The rapper, whose given identify is Jeffery Williams, was freed on probation. Stillwell and Kendrick rejected plea offers after greater than every week of negotiations, and their attorneys selected to not current proof or witnesses.
The jury began deliberating final Tuesday afternoon and was dismissed at 5 p.m. Jurors deliberated for about six hours Wednesday earlier than breaking for the Thanksgiving vacation. They’re anticipated to renew deliberations Monday.
