One defendant in the long-running “Young Slime Life” case was acquitted of all charges by a jury earlier this month. However, he’s going to be stuck in jail for the holidays due to a legal technicality.
A Fulton County judge ruled Wednesday that, due to an outstanding warrant against Deamonte Kendrick, also known as rapper Yak Gotti, he can’t be free on bond for the charges he picked up while housed at the Union City jail annex during the YSL trial.
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The warrant itself alleges a probation violation by Kendrick, who pleaded guilty to a number of gang, gun and drug charges in 2017. As part of that plea, he was sentenced to 15 years, commuted to time served, followed by eight years on probation with the remaining five years suspended.
He was then arrested and indicted, along with Atlanta rapper Young Thug, in May 2022 on gang and racketeering charges…