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Oop! Young Thug’s YSL RICO Case Sparks Renewed Talk Of Mistrial After Livestream Exposes Jurors’ Faces On Day Three

<p>Day three of the YSL RICO trial concluded on Wednesday&comma; November 29&comma; but not without renewed talk of a mistrial&period; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thug-lawyer-explains-rappers-name-slime-meaning-day-two-rico-trial-videos&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; rapper <strong>Young Thug<&sol;strong> and 27 others were arrested in Georgia in May 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group was subsequently charged with conspiracy and racketeering&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since then&comma; most defendants have severed from the case or taken plea deals&comma; such as fellow rapper <strong>Gunna<&sol;strong>&period; However&comma; Young Thug remains on trial with five codefendants as they maintain their innocence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thug-lawyer-explains-rappers-name-slime-meaning-day-two-rico-trial-videos&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Pushin&&num;8217&semi; Positivity&quest; Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s Lawyer Breaks Down The Rapper&&num;8217&semi;s Name &amp&semi; Shares The Meaning Of &&num;8216&semi;Slime&&num;8217&semi; On Day Two Of YSL RICO Trial<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Here&&num;8217&semi;s How Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s Trial Commenced On Day 1<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thug-ysl-rico-trial-day-one-opening-statements&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the YSL RICO trial commenced with opening statements on Monday&comma; November 27&period; At the time&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rollingstone&period;com&sol;music&sol;music-news&sol;young-thug-ysl-trial-opening-argument-1234899226&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Rolling Stone<&sol;a> revealed that the ten-month jury selection process yielded twelve jurors&period; Additionally&comma; it was reported that nine are Black&comma; nine are women&comma; and three are men&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fulton County District Attorney Adriane Love began opening statements by alleging that Young Stoner Life Records&comma; Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s record label&comma; is actually an &&num;8220&semi;Atlanta-based street gang&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which is actually called Young Slime Life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; the state asserts that the alleged gang&comma; led by Thug&comma; partook in murder&comma; drug&comma; and firearm violations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;YSL operated as a pack&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Love reportedly explained&comma; per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rollingstone&period;com&sol;music&sol;music-news&sol;young-thug-ysl-trial-opening-argument-1234899226&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Rolling Stone<&sol;a>&period; &&num;8220&semi;…For 10 years and counting&comma; the group calling itself Young Slime Life dominated the Cleveland Avenue community of Fulton County&period; They created a crater … that sucked in the youth&comma; innocence and even the lives of some of its youngest members&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Eventually&comma; the state&&num;8217&semi;s opening statements hit a hiccup after the defense revealed to Judge Ural Glanville that the state &&num;8220&semi;presented information to the jury… that was not disclosed to the defense&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defense attorneys reportedly asked for a mistrial&comma; although Judge Glanville rejected that request&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C0KS&lowbar;1PP0iV" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Here&&num;8217&semi;s What We Learned On Day 2 Of The YSL RICO Trial<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thug-lawyer-explains-rappers-name-slime-meaning-day-two-rico-trial-videos&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; day two of the trial saw Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; Brian Steel&comma; share his opening statements&period; Steel reportedly explained that Young Thug was &&num;8220&semi;born into an environment&comma; a community&comma; a society that was filled with oppression&comma; despair&comma; hopelessness and helplessness&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the lawyer explained that as Young Thug&comma; born Jeffery Williams&comma; ventured into his music career&comma; his name stage name&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Thug&comma;&&num;8221&semi; was crafted to stand for &&num;8220&semi;Truly Humbled Under God&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;If he could ever make it as a musical artist and help his family&comma; himself and his many others out of this endless cycle of hopelessness&comma; he would be truly humbled under God&period; That’s what thug means&comma;” Steel explained in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;meghanncuniff&sol;status&sol;1729538240271781923" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">footage captured and shared on X<&sol;a>&comma; formerly known as Twitter&comma; by legal reporter Meghann Cuniff&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C0MmZyZuGxu" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From there&comma; Steel reportedly linked Young Thug to fellow rapper Lil Wayne by explaining his teenage idolization of the legendary rapper&period; Additionally&comma; the lawyer said that Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s alleged 2015 beef with Lil Wayne was nothing more than a social media &&num;8220&semi;battle&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;You will learn that this is part of being involved in hip hop and rap&period; There’s all these battles going across social media&period; It generates interest&comma; much like the NFL has rivalries with the Saints and Falcons&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Steel told the courtroom in footage captured by Cuniff and shared on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;meghanncuniff&sol;status&sol;1729547506034647354&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw&percnt;7Ctwcamp&percnt;5Etweetembed&percnt;7Ctwterm&percnt;5E1729547506034647354&percnt;7Ctwgr&percnt;5Eccbbbf4ceb083f08d5a1ef0f1ed55cb6aefe5b52&percnt;7Ctwcon&percnt;5Es1&lowbar;&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Ftheshaderoom&period;com&percnt;2Fyoung-thug-lawyer-explains-rappers-name-slime-meaning-day-two-rico-trial-videos&percnt;2F" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">X<&sol;a>&comma; formerly known as Twitter&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; Jewel Wicker&comma; a journalist in the courtroom&comma; added that Steel alleged that Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s use of &&num;8220&semi;Slime&&num;8221&semi; was inspired by Lil Wayne&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C0M01WJvznB" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lastly&comma; Steel even argued that Thug&&num;8217&semi;s alleged gang affiliation is misperceived&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1729569201021739182" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Day 3 Of The YSL Trial Saw Jurors Faces Exposed As Mistrial &&num;8220&semi;Murmurs&&num;8221&semi; Ensued<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox5atlanta&period;com&sol;news&sol;young-thug-ysl-rico-trial-day-three-streaming-first-witnesses-takes-stand" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Fox 5 Atlanta<&sol;a>&comma; day three of the trial commenced with witness Detective Mark Belknap taking the stand&period; Belknap was brought in on behalf of the prosecution&period; Additionally&comma; the detective is reportedly an &&num;8220&semi;expert in criminal street gang recognition&comma; investigation&comma; identification and practices&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As Belknap gave a general explanation of alleged gang activities and &&num;8220&semi;goals&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a mishap took place&period; Trial cameras&comma; which broadcast via live-streamed through various media outlets&comma; portrayed the faces of some of the jurors&comma; per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;11alive&period;com&sol;article&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;ysl-trial&sol;young-thug-ysl-trial-day-4-live-stream&sol;85-f0ce115b-10d4-4a44-aedd-ba48deaf1274" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">11Alive<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although the streams were immediately interrupted&comma; the mishap prompted Judge Glanville to call the attorneys into chambers&period; According to a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;cathyrusson&sol;status&sol;1729971361718886728&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw&percnt;7Ctwcamp&percnt;5Etweetembed&percnt;7Ctwterm&percnt;5E1729971361718886728&percnt;7Ctwgr&percnt;5E6513a23879f7f393568fcc98720196769280a577&percnt;7Ctwcon&percnt;5Es1&lowbar;&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fd-42159508292490012433&period;ampproject&period;net&percnt;2F2311171837000&percnt;2Fframe&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">tweet<&sol;a> shared by Cathy Russon&comma; an executive producer for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lawandcrime&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Law &amp&semi; Crime<&sol;a>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;murmurs&&num;8221&semi; then ensued of a potential mistrial being declared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1729971361718886728" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Cuniff&comma; screenshots of the jurors&&num;8217&semi; faces had gone viral through various media outlets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1729981712057462815" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the court reconvened&comma; Judge Glanville continued with proceedings&period; However&comma; the judge instructed cameras not to film the jurors or Belknap&comma; per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;11alive&period;com&sol;article&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;ysl-trial&sol;young-thug-ysl-trial-day-4-live-stream&sol;85-f0ce115b-10d4-4a44-aedd-ba48deaf1274" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">11Alive<&sol;a>&period; Then&comma; as day four of the trial commenced on Thursday&comma; November 30&comma; Glanville addressed the matter again&comma; responding to the concerns of the defense lawyers regarding the witnesses potentially being compromised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the lawyer&&num;8217&semi;s concern&comma; Glanville declared he would not make an &&num;8220&semi;issue&&num;8221&semi; out of the mishap and draw further public &&num;8220&semi;attention&&num;8221&semi; to what occurred&period; Instead&comma; he again instructed court cameras not to show any images of the jurors moving forward&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1730248399537181054" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thugs-lyrics-can-be-used-in-ysl-rico-trial&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s Lyrics Can Be Used In YSL RICO Trial If Prosecutors Do This<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"151241" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;oop-young-thugs-ysl-rico-case-sparks-renewed-talk-of-mistrial-after-livestream-exposes-jurors-faces-on-day-3&sol;" data-secure&equals;"80b5632ba6"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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