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ATLANTA — A Georgia judge has ordered a lawyer for rapper Young Thug to spend the next 10 weekends in jail after finding him in contempt.
Young Thug, a Grammy winner whose given name is Jeffery Williams, was charged two years ago in a sprawling indictment accusing him and more than two dozen other people of conspiring to violate Georgia’s anti-racketeering law. He also is charged with gang, drug and gun crimes and is standing trial with five of the others indicted with him.
Only the judge, a court reporter, prosecutors, an important state witness and that witness’ attorney were present for the meeting and Glanville expressed “serious concern with how this information was improperly disclosed” to Steel. Glanville told Steel several times that if he didn’t reveal how he learned of the meeting and its substance he would be held in contempt, and Steel repeatedly refused, the order says.
Steel on Monday filed a notice of appeal of the contempt order to the Georgia Court of Appeals. He also filed a motion asking Glanville to “reconsider and rescind the order of contempt” or to grant him bond while his appeal is pending. Kenneth Copeland, the witness who took part in the meeting with the judge and prosecutors, had been jailed over the weekend after he refused to testify Friday even though he had an immunity deal with prosecutors and had agreed to testify, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Copeland returned to the stand Monday and was released from custody as long as he agreed to continue testifying Tuesday, the newspaper reported.
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