Rihanna’s identify has been thrown into YNW Melly‘s double homicide trial because the Florida rapper and his co-defendant YNW Bortlen have been accused of utilizing the Fenty mogul’s identify of their alleged witness tampering efforts.
In keeping with TMZ, prosecutors say Melly and Bortlen spoke utilizing Rihanna’s identify as a part of a secret jail code when making an attempt to cease sure witnesses from cooperating with authorities and testifying towards them.
YNW Melly (born Jamell Demons), who misplaced his cellphone privileges whereas behind bars, allegedly used one other inmate’s cellphone time to ship messages to the skin world — together with Bortlen, who was out on bond previous to it being revoked when he and Melly have been hit with witness tampering expenses earlier this week.
Officers declare the duo spoke about “Rihanna” and “A$AP Rocky’s child mama” staying behind in a “Maybach,” which is believed to be code for Melly’s ex-girlfriend, Mariah Hamilton, and her mom, Felicia Holmes, not testifying within the case.
The “Homicide On My Thoughts” rapper has additionally been accused of utilizing handwritten notes to get his messages throughout, “coordinating their supply to varied cell blocks by way of nonspeaking cues.”
An inmate named Terrence Mathis was implicated because the third celebration working with YNW Melly and YNW Bortlen of their alleged witness tampering scheme.
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In keeping with an affidavit, Bortlen and Mathis had 60 completely different cellphone calls between March and August 2023, during which they used varied coded language to cover their intentions.
Bortlen’s witness tampering expenses first got here to gentle on Monday (October 2) following a house raid in Miami, Florida. He was subsequently booked in Miami-Dade County.
Bortlen was scheduled to start his trial on the day he was taken into police custody, which is why his day in courtroom has now been moved to January 12, 2024. He has been out on bond with a monitor since August 2021 for his alleged ties to the 2018 murders.
Melly’s double homicide retrial is scheduled to start on October 9 after the jury failed to succeed in a unanimous verdict in July’s trial.
The 24-year-old stands accused of murdering his pals YNW Sakchaser (actual identify Anthony Williams) and YNW Juvy (actual identify Christopher Thomas Jr.) in October 2018, after which staging the crime scene to seem like a drive-by capturing.
