Florida prosecutors have charged rapper YNW Melly with witness tampering ahead of his retrial on double murder charges
FILE - Jamell Demons, also known as rapper YNW Melly, waits in the courtroom for a question from the jury as they deliberate at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday, July 22, 2023. Florida prosecutors have charged Demons, on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, with witness tampering in advance of his retrial on double murder charges even as his attorneys accused them of conspiring to hide evidence that the lead detective may have lied in a related investigation.
James Benjamin, Melly's attorney, told The Associated Press the tampering charges “are clearly retaliation” after he and law partner Daniel Aaronson accused Broward County State Attorney Harold Pryor “and his underlings" of a coverup. Prosecutors say Melly, after a late-night recording session, shot Thomas and Williams inside an SUV and he and Cortlen “YNW Bortlen” Henry then tried to make it look like a drive-by shooting. Melly, whose legal name is Jamell Demons, remains jailed without bond. Melly's biggest hit, “Murder on My Mind,” reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2019.
Boutros said Moretti was questioning King and grew frustrated with her answers. At some point, the observing deputy left, Boutros said. Boutros said Moretti told Gorel that if anyone asked, “You need to say you were here when I served the search warrant.” She said Gorel didn't reply.
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