On Monday, June 10, ongoing was interrupted in bizarre fashion when Brian Steel, Young Thug’s attorney, was . According to , Steel “will not have to report to jail this weekend on criminal contempt charges after the Georgia Supreme Court granted his emergency motion for bond,” a ruling from Wednesday, June 12. “The decision means that Steel’s jail sentence — 20 days, to be served over ten consecutive weekends starting this Friday — will be put on pause until the Supreme Court rules on his appeal of the contempt order, which his attorneys have argued was an abuse of the judge’s authority,” relayed.
initially reported that Steel’s charge is due to his approaching the bench following a lunch recess and “revealing his knowledge of an ex parte conversation that took place before court” between the Judge Ural Glanville, prosecutors, and witness Kenneth “Lil Woody” Copeland. additionally noted, “It could upend the entire trial, which has already lasted 18 months —making it the longest trial in Georgia’s history.” See clips of the moment unfolding below.
Update: Now it’s Young Thug’s lawyer Brian Steel who may be held in contempt. This after he confronted Judge Glanville about an in-chambers ex-parte meeting with Copeland this morning over his 5th plea. Steel refuses to tell the judge how he learned of the meeting.
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) Steel stopped short of accusing the judge of witness coercion but said "if true," what happened.
