Young Thug was finally released from prison last month, following a long winding trial.
The rapper accepted a plea deal and will spend the next 15 years on probation. He was also ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines and is required to abide by a number of release conditions.
This includes not communicating with any alleged gang members of YSL affiliates, aside from his brother and Gunna.
Young Thug’s fans and peers are thrilled to see him back at home, and soon after his release, they sang the praises of his attorney, Brian Steel.
He informed reporters outside the courthouse that “as far as Jeffery is feeling now, he knows my feelings, which I am not going to reveal for attorney-client privilege. But this is not the same as a not guilty verdict.”
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Steel continued by saying that “Nobody here wakes up every day on a concrete floor that they’re calling his bed, at 4:15. He gets shackled at his feet, his waist, and his hands, comes to the Fulton County courthouse to be on concrete, eating out of a bag, and then coming to the courthouse to sit there with a leg chain every single day, and hear lie after lie. So, for Jeffery to go home today, and not have another 90 days, 120 days of it [the trial], he is very happy.”
However, Steel has moved on and will now be representing a new client, the former Georgia district attorney, Jackie Johnson.
Johnson is accused of interfering in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder. Arbery was a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot after being followed by three white men while jogging. The suspects were later convicted of murder as well as federal hate crimes.
The Associated Press has reported that Johnson’s trial for alleged criminal misconduct is scheduled to begin in early 2025.
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