Pooh Shiesty pleads not responsible to federal kidnapping and extortion expenses stemming from the kidnapping and theft case involving Gucci Mane.
In response to a TMZ report, printed on Friday (Could 8), and corroborated by journalist Bryson “Increase” Paul, Pooh Shiesty has pleaded not responsible to 5 federal counts of kidnapping and extortion throughout his arraignment in Dallas, TX., on Friday. The costs stem from a Jan. 10 incident, during which Gucci Mane and a number of other different victims had been kidnapped and robbed at a Dallas recording studio.
“We’re awaiting a scheduling order from the court docket. Though we now have not seen all the proof within the case it’s obvious that it is a extremely defensible case and we’re hoping to have Lontrell again within the recording studio very quickly,” stated Pooh’s new attorneys Kent Schaffer and Saam Zangeneh in an announcement.
Schaffer changed Pooh’s former lawyer Bradford Cohen who eliminated himself from the Memphis rapper’s authorized case final month. Earlier than his withdrawal, Cohen added that the prosecution’s proof has a whole lot of holes and believed Pooh can beat the case.
XXL has reached out to Shiesty’s legal professional Kent Schaffer for additional remark.
Pooh Shiesty, born Lontrell Williams, Jr., is at the moment housed at Kaufman County Jail in Texas. He, alongside along with his father, Lontrell Williams, Sr., rapper Big30 and 6 different males have been arrested and charged with luring Gucci Mane to a Dallas recording studio, robbing him and forcing him to signal a contract launch type at gunpoint.
As beforehand reported, Big30, born Rodney Wright Jr., and Pooh’s father additionally pleaded not responsible to the kidnapping and theft case on April 30 within the District Courtroom for the Northern District of Texas. Each males stay in jail after their bonds had been revoked.
If Pooh Shiesty, Big30 and others are discovered responsible, they might face life in jail.
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