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UPDATE: Young Thug RICO Trial Shaken Up After Lawyers Of Two YSL Co-Defendants Become Pregnant

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;young&plus;thug&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Young Thug<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi;s RICO trial has been shaken up a bit after two of his YSL co-defendants&&num;8217&semi; attorneys revealed they are pregnant&comma; and now the pair may face trial at a later date if prosecutors get their way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prosecution filed a motion this week to sever <strong>Tenquarius Mender<&sol;strong> and <strong>Kahlieff Adams<&sol;strong> from Thug&&num;8217&semi;s trial following to the revelation that their lawyers are pregnant&comma; according to the <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ajc&period;com&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;ysl-trial-state-files-motion-to-sever-2-defendants-with-pregnant-attorneys&sol;L7ZRM7YNJZBZHGOHWJGMXBCXEM&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Two Of Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s Co-Defendants May Face Separate Trial Due To Their Attorney&&num;8217&semi;s Getting Pregnant<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Adams and Mender&&num;8217&semi;s attorneys have &&num;8220&semi;impending and imminent personal leave of absence&&num;8221&semi; in the near future ahead of Thug&&num;8217&semi;s trial&comma; prosecutors say&comma; which is set to last upwards of six to nine months&comma; the outlet reports&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear exactly how far along each woman is in their pregnancies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mender&&num;8217&semi;s and Adams lawyers dismissed the idea that they cannot fully represent their clients while pregnant&comma; with the former&&num;8217&semi;s attorney Nicole Megan claiming &&num;8220&semi;if Rihanna can do it&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m sure that we can both adequately represent out clients&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t think pregnancy should be treated as a disease or a disability&comma;” Mender’s lawyer Nicole Fegan told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If Rihanna can do it&comma; I’m sure that we can both adequately represent our clients&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612933225198006272" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">YSL Co-Defendant&&num;8217&semi;s Attorney Calls The Motion To Sever Trials &&num;8220&semi;Expensive And Potentially Prejudicial&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Last year&comma; Fegan had requested the court to severe her client from Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s case&comma; however her motion was denied&period; Interestingly enough&comma; she is now objecting to the state trying her client separately&comma; calling the move &&num;8220&semi;expensive and potentially prejudicial&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think at this point&comma; trying them separately would be expensive and potentially prejudicial because the jury selection process has already started&comma;” Fegan contended&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve been on this case since May&comma; and in May I wasn’t pregnant&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Adams and Mender have not expressed any interest in obtaining new legal counsel&period; This new motion will be heard at the earliest Tuesday &lpar;Feb&period; 21&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Young Thug and 13 co-defendants are currently facing trial in a sweeping RICO case against YSL members&period; The group&comma; known as Young Slime Life&comma; have been characterized as a Bloods-affiliate street gang responsible for a number of crimes in recent years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jury selection remains ongoing and will likely take months&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1616224429729521667" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">At Least A Dozen YSL Co-Defendants Have Taken Plea Deals&comma; Including Fellow Rapper Gunna and Thug&&num;8217&semi;s Brother<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Adams&comma; one of the two co-defendants in question&comma;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> was caught on camera handing a Percocet to Thug <&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">during the middle of court last month&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;attorney-ysl-defendant-was-assaulted-after-being-accused&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong> <&sol;em><&sol;a>reported&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adams claims he was assaulted by court officers immediately after passing the drugs to Young Thug&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were initially 26 YSL co-defendants&comma; but 13 have taken plea deals&comma; including Thug&&num;8217&semi;s own brother Unfoonk and fellow rapper Gunna&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As for Young Thug&comma; 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