Gunna sluit deal en komt na 7 maanden cel binnenkort op vrije voeten

Gunna wordt op zeer korte termijn vrijgelaten.

Dit hebben de advocaten van Gunna, Steve Sadow en Dan Samuel, vandaag bekendgemaakt. Gunna heeft een deal gesloten met de officier van justitie en zal daarmee zijn schuld bekennen en de tijd die hij heeft gezeten zal van de straf worden afgetrokken. De rapper zat vast sinds half-mei toen bijna heel YSL werd opgepakt op verdenking van het zijn van een criminele organisatie.

“When I became affiliated with YSL in 2016, I did not consider it a ‘gang’; more like a group of people from metro Atlanta who had common interests and artistic aspirations,” legt Gunna in een statement uit. “My focus of YSL was entertainment – rap artists who wrote and performed music that exaggerated and ‘glorified’ urban life in the Black community. 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.”

Gunna vervolgt zijn statement met, “I have chosen to end my own RICO case with an Alford plea and end my personal ordeal by publicly acknowledging my association with YSL. An Alford plea in my case is the entry of a guilty plea to the one charge against me, which is in my best interest, while at the same time maintaining my innocence toward the same charge. I love and cherish my association with YSL music, and always will. I look at this as an opportunity to give back to my community and educate young men and women that “gangs” and violence only lead to destruction.”

Wat dit betekent voor Young Thug en andere YSL leden is nog onbekend.