A witness in the ongoing “Young Slime Life” trial against Atlanta rapper Young Thug and his alleged associates testified that a Fulton County District Attorney Office investigator harassed her.
The witness was called to testify about an alleged May 2013 armed robbery at her apartment involving Young Thug and Walter Murphy, who took a plea deal in December 2022. The incident is not mentioned in the 95-page indictment.
The witness was reluctant to testify and was actually taken into custody Wednesday. A warrant was issued after she failed to appear in court.
Credit: Jason Getz
Credit: Jason Getz
Young Thug’s attorney, Keith Adams, questioned her Friday about why she did not want to testify.
“(The investigator) had harassed you, is that correct?” Adams asked.
“Yes,” she replied.
“In fact, you told us when you were back there (inside the holding cell at the courthouse) that you didn’t want to come out and see him because he had sexually harassed you, true?” Adams asked.
“Yes,” she answered.
Credit: Jason Getz
Credit: Jason Getz
The witness testified that the investigator told her wanted to met her alone at an Atlanta restaurant in February. She didn’t feel safe doing so, so she took her 20-year-old son with her.
She testified that the investigator told her not to talk to anybody else about the case and felt he was trying to date her.
“He told you that he would like to take you out when this is all over, didn’t he?” Adams asked.
“Yes,” she replied.
Asked for response, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office said, “Because the statement was made in court, we cannot make a statement outside the context of the proceedings.”
The witness testified that she lost her job because of how many times she had to meet with the DA’s office to discuss the alleged robbery. She was brought to court Thursday in handcuffs after being taken into custody Wednesday. She was not shown on camera per the prosecutor’s request, and the AJC is not naming her.
Credit: Jason Getz
Credit: Jason Getz
After the witness testified for about an hour Thursday, Judge Ural Glanville made arrangements for her to be released from custody and put up in a hotel by the DA’s office to ensure she returned to court on Friday. On Friday, she testified that nobody contacted her until about a year ago about the alleged 2013 incident. While being questioned by Adams, she testified that there was no robbery in her apartment in 2013.
The trial will be on hiatus for much of next week as many metro school systems are on spring break, but there is a motions hearing on Tuesday.
The story has been updated to reflect that the motions hearing will actually take place on Tuesday April 1.
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