FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A motions hearing is being held Thursday morning in Broward County ahead of the re-trial of rapper YNW Melly, who’s accused of killing two of his adolescence buddies in 2018.
Prosecutors additionally filed new fees final month in opposition to Melly and two different males.
Melly, whose actual identify is Jamell Maurice Demons, faces a imaginable demise sentence if convicted of first-degree homicide in the 2018 slayings of Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams. Their degree names all come with “YNW” as a result of they belonged to the similar hip-hop collective. It stands for “Young New Wave” or every other word that features a racial slur.
Prosecutors say Melly, after a late-night recording consultation, shot Thomas and Williams inside of an SUV and he and Cortlen “YNW Bortlen” Henry then attempted to make it seem like a drive-by taking pictures.
The first trial final summer time ended in a hung jury.
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