Younger Thug’s attorneys are in search of to dismiss a tour bus lawsuit filed by Lil Wayne’s former driver.
On Monday (Aug. 17), attorneys for Younger Thug appeared in court docket in Cobb County, Ga., to defend the rapper in opposition to a 2017 lawsuit filed by a driver, Alvin Lewis, stemming from an April 2015 incident by which Weezy’s tour bus obtained shot up. Nobody was injured within the capturing, however in court docket paperwork obtained by XXL, Lewis claimed extreme emotional misery following the harrowing incident and is in search of punitive damages.
In his go well with, Lewis is accusing Thugger, born Jeffery Williams, and Money Cash Data CEO Birdman, born Bryan Williams, as being immediately liable for the reckless capturing, citing battle between their gang affiliations. Nonetheless, each Thug and Birdman deny involvement within the capturing.
In keeping with a Courthouse Information report, revealed on Tuesday (Aug. 18), Thug’s legal professional Jeffrey Reilly contend that Lewis is counting on biased gang-related testimony and conjecture relating to the friction between Wayne and the defendants earlier than the capturing. However Lewis’ lawyer Jeffrey Gewirtz argued that Thug and Child paid Jimmy Winfrey, often known as Peewee Roscoe, who was arrested in reference to the capturing after Atlanta police discovered his white Camaro with an assault rifle.
In November of 2015, Winfrey was sentenced to 10 years in jail for his position within the tour bus capturing, however Georgia’s Supreme Courtroom reversed that conviction later that 12 months. In December of 2024, Winfrey accepted a plea settlement relating to his involvement within the YSL RICO case, admitting guilt to racketeering, firearm, and narcotics counts. He obtained a sentence of time served for these particular prices.
Moreover, Gewirtz pointed to a recorded jail cellphone name between Thug and Winfrey which confirmed he was attempting to achieve “avenue cred” and was being rewarded for not being a “rat.” However protection attorneys for the YSL chief argued that the $25,000 despatched for Winfrey’s legal professional charges was merely an act of generosity for a lifelong friendship reasonably than something extra sinister.
The listening to concluded with Cobb County Chief Choose Eric Brewton saying he would rule in a well timed method on whether or not Lewis’ lawsuit will proceed additional to trial.
XXL has reached out to Younger Thug’s legal professional for remark.
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