YNW Melly‘s lawyer has gone viral due to an old mugshot surfacing online, with many fans implying the rapper’s legal counsel is in jeopardy because of it.
The mugshot of Raven Liberty emerged on social media shortly after Melly’s counsel was denied its motion for a mistrial during court on Tuesday (June 20).
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Liberty had previously been arrested for battery in Miami, which resulted in a mugshot of her being taken. The charges were dropped, but fans unearthed the photograph and began trolling Melly as a result, who has been accused of murdering his two friends, Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas Jr. and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams.
“Get you a woman who can do both apparently,” commented one fan on Akademik’s Instagram, who had reshared the mugshot, while another wrote: “They both gonna go back to jail this is crazy.”
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No Jumper also reshared the mugshot on Twitter, which ushered in even more comments. “These dudes hiring people off Craigslist,” wrote one user, while a second added: “His lawyer got a mugshot? It’s over.”
Check out Raven Liberty’s old mugshot below:
YNW Melly’s lawyer 😲 pic.twitter.com/VwYLoXXN7o
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) June 21, 2023
Despite the trolling, Raven Liberty is actually an incredibly respected lawyer within the Hip Hop space. Liberty has represented Kodak Black numerous times throughout his career and has fought tooth and nail to try and get Melly out from behind bars.
As reported by the Sun Sentinel, Melly’s defense attorneys most recently asked Broward Circuit Judge John Murphy for a mistrial last week after they believed the jury had been tainted following testimony from Felicia Holmes, the mother of Melly’s ex-girlfriend, that couldn’t be verified.
But the judge denied a mistrial and told defense attorneys that jurors could be instructed to ignore statements that were ruled inadmissible.
“The state has ruined my life,” Holmes stated in her testimony on Thursday (June 15), while claiming she’d been “inundated” with threats from the state of Florida about prosecution and eventual imprisonment if she didn’t cooperate.
This prompted David Howard, one of the Florida rapper’s attorneys, to declare that there had been a “prejudicial fiasco” in court.
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“This jury sat there and watched this fiasco unfold with at least 10, maybe 15 sidebars, after every two questions,” he said, adding that the jury had been “tainted.”
YNW Melly (real name Jamell Demons) was arrested and charged with two counts of premeditated murder in 2019 and faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and he could get the death penalty if convicted.
