# @thefader on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Hp8HutiKq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19009237-thefader-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-12T14:50:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The FADER (@thefader) — https://gondola.cc/thefader

## Caption

Before this week, it had been a relatively sleepy few months for the RICO trial of Young Thug and YSL. The Atlanta rapper has sat in a Fulton County jail since May 2022, alleged by the state of Georgia to be the ringleader of a criminal street gang. The case has dragged on since then — jury selection alone took 10 months.⁠
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Everything exploded on Monday when Brian Steel, Young Thug’s lead attorney, accused the judge of holding a secret meeting with the prosecution and a witness named Kenneth Copeland without notifying the defense — in almost all cases, Georgia law prohibits this kind of “ex parte” meetings from taking place.⁠
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It's all thrown rap’s biggest trial into disarray. Speaking to The FADER, Andrew Fleischman, a Georgia criminal defense attorney, breaks down the big questions.⁠
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Read the full explainer at the link in bio.⁠
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📸 Michael Tullberg/Getty Images⁠
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#YSLRico #YoungThug

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