Young Thug Lawyer Going To Jail If 17-Page Essay For Contempt Will Not Be Submitted

It would seem like Young Thug might be sharing the same cell as his lawyer if his counsel fails to provide the needed document that Judge Ural Glanville has been requesting.

The Young Thug trial took a surprising turn when Glanville, the presiding judge for Young Thug's RICO YSL trial, asked lawyer Eric Johnson to submit a 17-page all-original essay about professionalism.

Young Thug Lawyer Threatened To Be Jailed

In a tweet posted by Law & Crime Network, Glanville announced during the trial an update on Johnson's paper, "The Importance of Professionalism in the Legal Field and Treating One's Opponents with Civility."

Johnson admitted that he had "not started" on the paper yet. Instead, Johnson tried to dismiss the request by asking to pay $250 instead. (via AllHipHop)

"That wasn't offered to you," Glanville clapped back, saying that he already declined the initial request of paying $1000 in lieu of the paper.

The 17-page essay on professionalism is due on Apr. 28, 2023, at noontime. If Johnson fails to submit the paper, he would spend almost a month in jail in contempt of court. Not only does the paper have to contain 10 primary and 10 secondary sources, but it has to be published in a legal review.

When Johnson contested that he has never been published and raised his difficulty to complete such an assignment, Glanville said that he does not care.

Why is Young Thug Lawyer Threatened With Contempt?

According to HipHopDX, Glanville became "terse" with Anastassios Manettas and Eric Johnson on Apr. 17, 2023, court hearing. Manettas and Johnson represent Young Thug's affiliates, Miles Farley and Christian Eppinger.

Reportedly, Manettas was ordered to buy all the lawyers in the case some lunch, but he failed to do so. He was fined $250 for not doing so, which was already fulfilled. However, the question is still up in the air why he was threatened with contempt.

Turns out, both Johnson and Manettas were threatened with contempt of court over the situation. In layman's terms, contempt of court, or simply contempt, is an act of disrespect or disobedience toward a court or interference with its orderly process, as defined by Investopedia.

One user suggested on Twitter to seek help from the AI Platform ChatGPT to complete the 17-page essay on professionalism to avoid Young Thug's lawyers spending 20 days in jail.