Federal prosecutors are accusing NBA YoungBoy (a.okay.a. YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more) of violating the phrases of his home arrest by utilizing unspecified medication — and of telling his supervising officers that he has “no intentions” of stopping.
In a submitting Thursday (Feb. 29), prosecutors requested a Louisiana federal decide to set a listening to to take care of the rapper’s “noncompliant habits” whereas he awaits a July trial on federal gun expenses. They are saying he violated a rule forbidding him to “use or unlawfully possess a narcotic drug or different managed substance” whereas beneath home arrest.
“The undersigned has realized that the defendant has violated [this rule] and has knowledgeable his supervising officer that he has no intentions to discontinue utilizing the substance that resulted within the violation,” U.S. Lawyer Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. wrote within the submitting.
The submitting didn’t specify what drug YoungBoy is accused of utilizing. The rapper’s attorneys didn’t return a request for remark; they are going to probably file a proper response to the allegation within the days forward.
YoungBoy was indicted by Louisiana federal prosecutors in March 2021 on expenses of “felon in possession of a firearm” after he was allegedly discovered with two weapons throughout a September 2020 incident in Baton Rouge, La. Possessing weapons could be unlawful for YoungBoy because the rapper was beforehand convicted in 2017 of aggravated assault with a firearm.
When he was arrested in Los Angeles on these expenses, one other gun was present in his automobile, resulting in the same case introduced by California federal prosecutors. YoungBoy was acquitted on these expenses following a July 2022 trial, however he’s nonetheless going through a looming trial in Louisiana over the unique indictment.
Whereas awaiting trial, YoungBoy has been confined to his Salt Lake Metropolis mansion — a home arrest that has now lasted greater than two full years. In October, his attorneys pleaded that the “lengthy interval of social isolation” was harming his psychological well being. They requested that the decide loosen restrictions, together with permitting him to journey to a recording studio to create new music. However that request was largely denied in November.
YoungBoy’s trial is scheduled to kick off on Jul. 15 and is predicted to run for 2 weeks.
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