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Florida prosecutors simply handed YNW Melly an enormous authorized victory.

The state dropped all witness-tampering prices towards the rapper on Monday (January 20), simply sooner or later earlier than jury choice was scheduled to start.

Broward County State Lawyer’s Workplace dismissed 4 separate prices towards YNW Melly. The costs included witness tampering, directing felony gang actions, felony solicitation to commit homicide, and conspiracy to tamper with a witness in a capital case.

Melly’s new authorized staff celebrated the choice instantly. Attorneys Drew Findling and Carey Haughwout launched a press release to TMZ in regards to the dismissal.

“On behalf of Jamell Demons, we welcome the dismissal of the alleged tampering and gang associated prices in court docket this morning,” the attorneys mentioned. “As his newly retained authorized staff, it turned instantly obvious to us that no crimes had occurred.”

The attorneys criticized the size of time the case dragged on earlier than prosecutors reached this conclusion. They identified that Melly spent 652 days in custody whereas these prices have been pending.

“Sadly, for 652 days whereas these prices have been pending, the State didn’t attain the identical conclusion till the cusp of trial,” Findling and Haughwout acknowledged.

Prosecutors initially claimed Melly tried to cease a witness from testifying in his 2023 double homicide trial. The state alleged he labored with co-defendant Cortlen Henry and one other inmate to strain his ex-girlfriend to not take the stand.

That homicide trial ended with a hung jury after three days of deliberations. The case concerned allegations that Melly shot and killed two childhood buddies in October 2018.

Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams died in what prosecutors referred to as a staged drive-by capturing. The state claimed Melly and Henry fired at Henry’s Jeep to make it appear like they have been additionally targets.

Henry reached a plea cope with prosecutors in September 2025. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail on witness tampering and accent after the very fact prices.

The witness tampering trial was scheduled to start on Tuesday with jury choice. Now Melly’s authorized staff can focus totally on making ready for his homicide retrial.

“We now stay up for in search of Mr. Demons’ launch from custody, the place he has been held underneath terribly restrictive situations for much too lengthy primarily based on premises the state has now deserted,” the attorneys mentioned.

Melly has been in custody for a complete of two,202 days since his arrest. His double homicide retrial is scheduled for January 2027, which might mark eight years since his preliminary arrest.

The “Homicide On My Thoughts” rapper nonetheless faces the potential for the dying penalty if convicted on the homicide prices.

Melly’s protection staff says they may now push for his launch from jail pending the homicide retrial. They argue the restrictive situations he’s been held underneath are not justified.

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