Young Thug Trial Update: Witness Stand Calls On Def Jam, Warner Music Execs

Young Thug's RICO YSL Trial has been ongoing for over a month already, and new witnesses have come forward every session.

As the probe gets deeper more and more revelations were unveiled; and now music executives from huge music labels were called to the stand to testify.

According to AllHiphop, former Def Jam Recordings executive and Youtube's Global Music Head Lyor Cohen will be called to witness for Young Thug. Aside from him, 300 Entertainment Co-Founder and Warner Music Group ex-EVP Kevin Liles was also said to be present during the upcoming hearing.

The publication also noted that 34 other witnesses will also be called to the stand to testify.

So far, Young Thug's RICO YSL trial has been "exhausting" since the jury selection process has been quite rigorous, considering it started in early January 2023.

According to AllHipHop, there will be a total of over 600 jurors, while 300 other prospective ones will be brought in in the latter part of February, and another in the second week of March 2023.

Judge Ural Glanville, the presiding judge for the trial also said that potential jurors will be watching an indictment against Thugger and his other peers.

"Just for your basic juror math, if we examine five a day, that is four months. If you examine a full panel a day, that's about two and a half months," he said in a statement.

Young Thug, Gunna, and a huge number of their associates at the YSL Records were served with a sweeping grand jury indictment accusing them of conspiring to violate Georgia's RICO act, among other felony charges.

Gunna, and a handful of other members, were offered and took a plea deal in exchange for a commuted sentence. He has maintained innocence on the case despite many hip-hop fans saying that he "snitched" his fellow label mates in exchange for freedom.

"While I have agreed to always be truthful, I want to make it perfectly clear that I have NOT made any statements, have NOT been interviewed, have NOT cooperated, have NOT agreed to testify or be a witness for or against any party in the case and have absolutely NO intention of being involved in the trial process in any way," he explained in a statement.

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