Prosecutors Want NBA YoungBoy To Remain Locked Up In Gun Case Despite Rapper’s Plea For House Arrest
June 14 2021, Published 2:44 p.m. ET
The federal prosecutors who are taking on NBA Youngboy are fighting his request to be released from FBI custody while he awaits trial.
According to court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, the government is asking the judge presiding over the rapper’s criminal case to deny his motion.
Recently, NBA Youngboy, who has been behind bars since his arrest in March, asked the court to allow him to leave jail for house arrest. The recent charges stem from a 2020 arrest.
The rapper said after his arrest the feds never bothered to ask him to self-surrender. His lawyer claims the FBI had it out for Youngboy from the start.
In court documents, his lawyers say the guns in question were not on Youngboy’s physical possession when “law enforcement detained 17 people involved.”
They say none of the other defendants claimed the guns belonged to the rapper. The attorney also mentions Youngboy has not had no trouble with the law between the two arrests. Also, he says neither gun was involved in a crime.
The rapper’s lawyer says, “given the complete lack of any further allegations against Mr. Gaulden other than the state law offens