Young Thug co-defendant takes surprise plea deal in YSL trial but 'categorically' denies any violence.
FILE - Atlanta rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, makes his first appearance at the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta on Dec. 15, 2022. Opening statements began Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, and continued Tuesday in the racketeering conspiracy and gang trial for the rapper and five other people.
“Are y’all acknowledging a factual basis to count one, the RICO count?” Judge Whitaker asked as Nichols stood at a podium with one of his defense lawyers, Bruce Harvey, and entered his guilty plea. The lawyer said Nichols was acknowledging two “drug events” in 2017 and 2018, but that was it. Nichols had been charged with the 2022 murder of Shymel Drinks, an alleged associate of rival Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci. Shannon Stillwell, another co-defendant still on trial alongside Young Thug and three others, also is charged with Drinks’ murder.
Nichols’ defense team previously won the right to have “Free Qua” excluded because they argued it would suggest to jurors that their client previously was in custody for a different alleged crime. Prosecutors said it wasn’t clear who the “Qua” in the hashtag referenced.
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