NBA YoungBoy Gun Case: $600k Payment To Childhood Friend Raises Red Flags For Prosecutors
Oct. 19 2021, Published 5:46 p.m. ET
Prosecutors uncovered a $600k payment made by NBA YoungBoy to a childhood friend that is raising alarms.
According to court documents obtained by Radar, the government is opposing the rapper’s plea to be let out of jail on bond.
NBA YoungBoy has been working overtime to try and convince a judge he’s not a danger to the community. He is currently locked up awaiting trial over gun charges.
Earlier this week, his lawyer proposed a plan that would allow him out on bond and let him move into his newly purchased Utah home.
A 21-year-old woman named Kyrie Oliver testified that she would help keep YoungBoy on track. She is a childhood friend who has kept in touch with the rapper over the years.
They are close that he recently purchased a home in Utah near her family. YoungBoy says Oliver and her family keep him in check and out of trouble. YoungBoy wants to be released on bond and allowed to live in Utah.
He said he will hire a security firm to patrol his property. The head of his record label even promised to build a recording studio for him to work at home. In newly filed documents, prosecutors say Oliver failed to mention YoungBoy recently paid her “large sums of money.” The government says his company sent Oliver $600k between January and February 2021.
They call into question Oliver’s ability to serve as a “quasi-custodian for” YoungBoy if he were to be released.