trials
A Georgia judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for Jayden Myrick, one of 14 defendants in the Young Slime Life RICO case. The decision was announced in court Tuesday after Myrick filed a request to represent himself during the upcoming trial. Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville questioned the 22-year-old’s competency, as he made several […]
Rolling Stone has a new feature on Pras, who faces up to 22 years in prison on a slew of charges, including his alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme and association with a foreign country attempting to influence the U.S. government. Pras allegedly donated a total of $1.1 million to Barack Obama’s 2016 campaign, which appeared as several […]
Alex Murdaugh received two life sentences on Friday after one day earlier being convicted in the murders of his wife and son. Per USA Today, Murdaugh was sentenced in connection with the 2021 killings of his wife, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh, and his son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh. “This has been perhaps one of the most troubling cases—not just […]
As expected, Tory Lanez’s sentencing in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case has been postponed. As reported by KTTV and others, a new potential sentencing date (April 10) was set during a hearing with Superior Court Judge David Herriford on Tuesday. This outcome was more or less predicted, per court reporter Meghann Cuniff, who also shared […]
Drake is being ordered to give a deposition or make an appearance in court later this month for the XXXTentacion murder trial. Mauricio Padilla—defense attorney for Dedrick Williams, one of three suspects on trial—attempted to subpoena Drake late last month. Per Rolling Stone, Padilla claims the Her Loss artist was in fact served properly, but was a no-show. […]
Robert Allen, one of four men charged in the murder of XXXTentacion, says he was hesitant to carry out the attack and urged his co-defendants to abandon the plan. The 26-year-old made the claim while on the witness stand Wednesday, less than five years after XXXTentacion was fatally shot in Deerfield, Florida. Allen and his co-defendants—Michael Boatwright, 27; Dedrick […]
The opening day of the trial for the three men accused of fatally shooting XXXTentacion began Thursday. In court, one of the South Florida rapper’s friends detailed how he and the artist were ambushed while driving in his BMW. “If I run, I can get shot, but I can live. If I sit…” Leonard Kerr began […]
A trial has started in the case of a woman accused of attempting to kill her friend using a poison cheesecake, all as part of an alleged plan to steal her identity. The incident in question, as previously reported, is alleged to have occurred in August 2016 in the Queens area. Richard Brown, who served as […]
A Georgia woman was ordered by a judge to write a 30-page essay on the importance of jury service after she traveled out of the country, and failed to appear for jury duty. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the woman, who is identified as Juror No. 64, said she frequently travels for work and didn’t see the jury summons […]
Gunna posted on his Instagram feed for the first time since being released from jail in December. The hitmaker spent more than half the year behind bars as part of a sweeping RICO indictment. “N***as acting like they switching to a side But it’s only one side. #YslTheLabel #FreeThug & Yak,” he captioned a solo photo of himself, presumably crafting […]
