ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A witness in the internationally watched trial of acclaimed rapper Young Thug pleaded with the judge and attorneys to excuse him from the trial.
For weeks, Adrian Bean has been testifying he doesn’t recall anything from a September 2013 incident in which he was an alleged getaway driver in a crime related to Jeffery Williams – aka Young Thug – and the other defendants. Young Thug is on trial in a massive RICO case involving himself and five other defendants.
On Friday, under questioning from Young Thug attorney Brian Steel, Bean told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville he has been threatened, harassed and has lost his job as a result of his subpoena to testify in the trial.
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As Steel continued to play portions of his recorded interview with police, Bean exclaimed, “I don’t remember nothing from 2013, I keep telling y’all that. Y’all got my name on a recorder, my phone number on a recorder. These people are threatening me. They’re calling my phone, your honor. I done lost my job. I got a lot going on.
“I can’t continue to keep going on like this.” Bean also accused attorneys of “trying to assassinate” him. He also asked Glanville if he was the one on trial.
“No sir, you are not on trial,” Glanville replied. “But you have been properly summoned here as a witness and you’re subject to examination until I release you.”
Testimony resumes Monday at 3 p.m.
Prosecutors allege Williams and his co-defendants are members of the Young Slime Life (YSL) gang, while defense attorneys argue YSL is simply the name of a record label, Young Stoner Life.
Defense attorneys claim Williams and his co-defendants are not responsible for any of the violent crimes the state has highlighted during the trial.
Young Thug is facing eight criminal counts under a federal law that was originally enacted to fight organized crime. Georgia is one of 33 states with its own RICO law.
Defense attorneys argue that YSL is not a gang but simply the name of a record label, Young Stoner Life. They claim Williams and his co-defendants are not responsible for any of the violent crimes the state has highlighted during this trial.
Williams is also charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of codeine with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, possession of a firearm and possession of a machine gun.
A total of 18 jurors are sitting for the trial, with 12 seated as jurors and six alternates: 10 Black women, two white women, three Black men and three white men. The panel of 12 features seven Black women, two Black men, two white women and one white man.
Glanville ruled in November that some of Young Thug’s lyrics would be conditionally admitted as evidence. In 2022, Fulton County prosecutors included lyrics from the rapper referencing drugs and violence as evidence of an “overt act in furtherance of a (gang) conspiracy.”
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