YNW Melly‘s mother has taken safety precautions after the sister of son’s alleged murder victim reportedly took aim at her on social media.
On Tuesday (July 11), the rapper’s defense team raised concerns about his mother Jamie King’s safety before testimony resumed during his murder trial.
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According to Law & Crime reporter Terri Austin, the sister of YNW Juvy — one of two associates alleged to have been killed by Melly in October 2018 — threatened Melly’s mother on social media. It’s unclear what the threats were exactly.
“Earlier this morning outside the presence of the jury, Defense counsel said that Juvy’s sister posted online that she would attack Jamie King,” Austin wrote on Twitter. “Jamie now has a body guard. Wow.”
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In response, Judge John Murphy offered to provide additional security to King if needed, although the court determined that one bodyguard was enough protection for now.
After a week-long hiatus, YNW Melly’s murder trial resumed in Broward County, Florida, earlier this week.
The prosecution’s final two witnesses took the stand, which seem to be damning for the “Murder On My Mind” rapper, who is accused of murdering his two friends, Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas Jr. and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams, in October 2018.
Local10.com was in the courtroom on Monday (July 10), where Treveon Miliak Glass testified that he’d seen YNW Melly in “different clothes” after the murders of Juvy and Sakchaser.
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“We were supposed to have a 12-hour session,” said Glass, referring to the meeting he was slated to have with Melly at the New Era Recording Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
But according to Glass, he’d fallen asleep as the night drew on — only to be awoken by his phone alerting him of the shootings. When Glass arrived at Fredo Bang‘s house, he spotted YNW Melly, and “he wasn’t wearing the same clothes.”
Last month, YNW Melly’s camp suffered a legal setback when crime scene detective Sgt. Christopher Williams — who was called to the witness stand by the prosecution — determined that the fatal bullets that killed the YNW members came from inside the car that they were riding in at the time of their death, not outside.
“The shooting happened from somebody inside the car,” Williams said as he recreated the crime scene for the jury. He added “the angles” of the projectiles going into the victims’ bodies “do not change,” and that he likely missed these details the first time around because he had been testing the scene for a drive-by.
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Sgt. Williams went on to say that Juvy (real name Christopher Thomas Jr.) was shot in the head at close range from the left in the “middle of his cheek” while he was facing forward.
“Part of the wound had an abrasion ring on it,” he said of the entrance wound, citing the “tattoo of the stippling” as evidence.
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Meanwhile, YNW Melly’s mother faced a setback of her own mid-trial, when the stress of it all, resulted in her having a heart attack.
“I’m deleting this app I can’t be crying and making myself upset because of a lying clout chaser who won’t even show his face in court but care so much,” wrote King, taking to her Instagram stories, last month. “I had 1 heart attack already because of stress I refuse to let this kill me i try to be peaceful and respectful to all of you. I pray for everyone because I know it’s the right thing to do.”
