YNW Melly

As he faces an upcoming double murder retrial, rapper YNW Melly was back in court Tuesday with his lead defense attorney who is under investigation by the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

As he faces an upcoming double murder retrial, rapper YNW Melly was back in court Tuesday with his lead defense attorney who is under investigation by the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

A Broward judge was set to consider a flurry of motions Monday in the case of South Florida rapper YNW Melly, but the hearing came to a stop when discussions over the investigation into his lead defense attorney Ravon Liberty came up. NBC6’s Marissa Bagg reports

A Broward judge was set to consider a flurry of motions Monday in the case of South Florida rapper YNW Melly, but the hearing came to a stop when discussions over the investigation into his lead defense attorney Ravon Liberty came up.

A Broward judge was set to consider a flurry of motions Monday in the case of South Florida rapper YNW Melly, but the hearing came to a stop when discussions over the investigation into his lead defense attorney Ravon Liberty came up.

It’s been 18 months since rapper YNW Melly’s first double murder trial ended in a mistrial, and his attorneys are petitioning a federal judge to let him out of jail. As his second trial looms, NBC6’s Marissa Bagg looks back at how we got here and where the case is headed.

Just weeks after attorneys asked a federal judge to release rapper YNW Melly from jail, they’re now demanding lawyers for the Broward Sheriff’s Office be disqualified from the case. NBC6’s Marissa Bagg reports

Just weeks after attorneys asked a federal judge to release rapper YNW Melly from jail, they’re now demanding lawyers for the Broward Sheriff’s Office be disqualified from the case.

Attorneys for rapper YNW Melly are praying a federal court judge will release him from prison ahead of his double murder retrial in Broward.

YNW Melly is seeking immediate release from prison in a new lawsuit, in which he accuses the Broward Sheriff’s Office of cruel treatment and violating his constitutional rights.

YNW Melly is seeking immediate release from prison in a new lawsuit, in which he accuses the Broward Sheriff’s Office of cruel treatment and violating his constitutional rights.

YNW Melly is seeking immediate release from prison in a new lawsuit, in which he accuses the Broward Sheriff’s Office of cruel treatment and violating his constitutional rights.

YNW Melly returned to Broward court on Monday, where a judge set a date for his double murder retrial.

Tuesday’s status hearing was held at the request of the defense. Raven Ramona Liberty, Melly’s defense attorney, said there were a “plethora of motions” that she had been trying to set hearings for for several months, but was unsuccessful.

YNW Melly returned to Broward court on Monday, where a judge set a date for his double murder retrial.

YNW Melly returned to court in Broward County on Monday, where a judge set a date for his double murder retrial.

Rapper YNW Melly attended a hearing Friday as his double murder retrial in Broward remains on hold. The rapper, whose real name is Jamell Demons, is accused of murdering two of his childhood friends, Chris “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams, in 2018 after a late-night recording session by making it look like a drive-by shooting. The first…

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YNW Melly is a rapper at the center of a double murder trial that took South Florida by storm in 2023.

A judge’s ruling this week to suppress a promotional video about YNW Melly’s life from evidence prompted prosecutors to file an appeal.