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Prosecutors
have
filed
a
motion
to
ban
video
recording
of
witness
testimonies
in
Young
Thug’s
YSL
Rico
Case.
The
case
is
quickly
approaching
the
witness
testimony
portion
of
the
trial
which
could
send
Atlanta
into
disarray.
Reportedly
the
prosecution
is
expected
to
call
over
300
witnesses
to
make
their
case
against
Young
Thug
and
they
allegedly
have
several
celebrities
that
they
want
to
call
to the
stand.
According
to
the
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution,
video
recording
has
become
an
issue
after
witnesses
allegedly
received
death
threats.
Fulton
County’s
District
Attorney’s
office
filed
a
motion
revealing
witnesses
and
law
enforcement
officers
were
threatened
and
then
doxed.
Now
they
are
seeking
to
ban
video
recording
and
photography
of
witnesses
moving
forward.
“This
is
not
the
first
time
something
like
this
has
happened
in
this
case,”
District
Attorney
Fani
Willis
and
lead
prosecutor
Adriane
Love
wrote
in
the
motion
per
the
AJC.
“In
December
2022,
an
assistant
district
attorney
who
testified
for
the
State
at
a
video-recorded
pretrial
motions
hearing
fell
victim
to
online
doxing.
This
witness’
personal
cell
phone
number
was
leaked
to
the
uncharted
wilds
of
the
internet,
and
the
threatening
communications
the
witness
thereafter
received
caused
genuine
fear
for
self
and
family.”
Doug
Weinstein
responded
on
behalf
of
the
defense
and
alleged
the
prosecution
was
just
trying
to
“hide
the
proceedings
from
the
public.”
Being
a
witness
in
any
high-profile
case
is
dangerous
but
as
we’ve
seen
in
this
case,
there’s
a
high
propensity
for
things
to
make
it
to
the
Internet.
“The
public
should
be
able
to
view
this
case
and
the
testimony
of
these
witnesses
and
make
their
own
assessment
of
what
the
State
is
doing,”
said
Weinstein.
“Whether
it
be
the
defendants’
artistic
expression
or
the
freedom
of
the
press,
the
State’s
attacks
on
the
First
Amendment
continue.”
Prosecutors
also
cited
an
incident
last
month
when
testimony
was
streamed
and
concerning
comments
emerged
in
the
chat.
The
chat
revealed
the
witnesses’
real
names
and
threatened
YSL
would
“pop
by
later.”
The
AJC
reports
that
shortly
after
that
incident,
the
witness
began
receiving
threats
from
unknown
numbers
prompting
the
court
to
provide
the
witness
security.
If
the
court
thinks
there
is
any
chance
of
keeping
witnesses
a
secret,
that
would
be
foolish.
We’ve
already
seen
the
court’s
video
feed
hacked
with
a
troll
screaming
“Free
Young
Thug,
mistrial”.
Finding
out
who
testified
would
be
easy
work
for
the
hacker.
Hopefully,
everyone
involved
can
stay
safe
and
the
court
process
can
proceed
promptly.
