Casanova has officially been sentenced for his alleged crimes as part of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang.
On Tuesday (June 27), the Brooklyn rapper (real name Caswell Senior) received 188 months or 15 years behind bars from U.S. District Judge Philip M. Halpern. Included in the crimes he’s accused of are a shooting in Florida on July 5, 2020, a robbery in New York City on August 5, 2018 and conspiracy to traffic over 100 kilograms of marijuana.
“Caswell Senior is not just a notorious recording artist, but he is also a high-profile leader of a vicious street gang and a magnet for gang violence,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a press release. “At a crowded Miami house party, Senior personally fired a gun that seriously injured and could have killed a victim, inciting a shootout.
He continued: “Further, Senior’s stature in the community was central to Gorilla Stone’s successful recruitment and nationwide expansion. Today’s sentencing — along with the other significant sentences that have been imposed in this case — shows once again that gang life is not worth it and will lead to many years in prison.”
Casanova is the 12th defendant in the Gorilla Stone case to have been sentenced. Five more defendants have pled guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
Earlier this month, the Roc Nation artist penned a letter to the judge hoping for leniency from the legal system.
In the emotional letter, which was obtained by AllHipHop, Cas renounced his ties to Gorilla Stone Nation and admitted he’s had suicidal thoughts during his time behind bars.
“I am telling you and anyone that will listen that I wanted out before I was arrested and I am out. I learned through my music career that people will listen and that I don’t need to associate myself with a gang to succeed. I don’t need to associate with a gang even if I don’t succeed,” he wrote.
“While I have been in here I lost my father to cancer. While I put on that strong facade, all I wanted to do was end it. Surviving on Rikers Island and upstate correctional facilities were not easy with racial and gang tension and violence at its height.”
Casanova continued: “I thought I needed to stay in the life in name because it was a way to promote my career. I don’t care what the government tells you. I am telling you the truth. I was not involved in the daily activities of this gang. I wasn’t anyone’s boss.
“What I was and I regret this was a person that they could use to promote themselves in a world I swear to you I was trying to leave. I clearly did not do a good enough job of this as I did find myself in one bad situation after another.”
Casanova has been behind bars since December 2020 when he was named as one of 18 alleged Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang members indicted in a sprawling drug conspiracy RICO case.
Despite maintaining his innocence, Cas pleaded guilty to two counts in May 2022: racketeering conspiracy and narcotics conspiracy.
According to a report from Rolling Stone at the time, the Roc Nation artist was moved to accept the prosecutors’ offer after someone essentially snitched on him.
Casanova was facing a minimum of 15 years and up to 60 years behind bars, so perhaps his letter did help as he received the minimum allowed.
What a fucking cry-baby!
I am not gang gang -50
That’s not THAT bad. I await his eventual vlad interview when he gets out about all the gay shit he will see.
he will be out in about 7 yrs on 85 percent served.. not too bad from facing a L
How did you get 85% of 15yrs is 7yrs? Smh! he’s doing at least 12yrs nothing less!
You get a day served every day you serve if that makes sense so he’s really doing 7 and he’s been in for a year and summ idk I don’t follow this fellow
Unfortunately for ASSANOVA, 15 years or 7, he will return for another stretch after he is released.
Isn’t it a fed case?? I thought it was which I’m sure Isa day for day but maybe it isn’t
he getting time served so add on the 2-3 yrs he already served .. boom ..i could be off by a year tho
it is and you right
The letter did work, he got the minimum, could have been way worse….but 15 years is 15 years…that dude had a chance, might been making loads of legal cash, but I am sure he made enough to comfortably, without all the street activities…now you were having fillet mignon, to eating goulash for 15 years….and his fine beautiful girlfriend is going to get her fillets mignon smashed by the next dude
Yea
Be safe tho beloved
His career will be fine.
Like Bobby Shmurdadalistic whatyoumacallhim? Na, once he get out, he better get to the Aunty hip shaking and booty dropping he’ll perfect being in there, like Bobby for views. Thank goodness for tiktok and IG live that helps irrelevant celebs feel…relevant again. I guess you right. He’ll be alright…
His only career highlight was Fab killing him on his own shit.
How about stop committing crimes. Sounds like a good idea.
Exactly he had a good opportunity to make legal money and he blew it again over involving himself bull💩💩. He chose to dropout of school, join a gang, waste valuable time, and now he’s an Inmate Again. Hopefully his wife will Move On with her life while raising two kids.
Choices.
Feds not cutting time!! thoses months he recieved means feds!
It’s a “fed” (meaning federal) case. The good time conduct (GTC) policy in federal prison is, actually, “up to 47” days per year served. But, in addition to that, there’s extra GCT possible which could possibly turn the 47 into 54 days per year served. So, since Cas was sentenced to 188 months (which is, actually, 15 years and 8 months NOT JUST 15 years) he is eligible to receive at least 660 days off his sentence for GTC. All of that explaining I just did is to help others understand the concept of 85% that a lot of others seem to think they know precisely, when they really don’t know fully, although they do have a good idea. BTDT!