YNW Melly’s new trial date for his double murder case is set for September 10, 2025, with a pretrial meeting for the witness tampering case scheduled on December 5.
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The 25-year-old rapper, real name Jamell Demons, is accused of murdering two childhood friends, Chris “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams, in 2018, making it look like a drive-by shooting. The trial is set to begin on the specified date, but Melly’s side seems less certain.
Melly’s attorney, Raven Liberty, mentioned, “At this juncture, it is merely a date. We await a ruling from the Fourth DCA on the suppression motions keeping out the text messages. Once the ruling comes back, Mr. Demons can demand a speedy trial.” Melly’s mother also commented, “We are gonna trust God on everything like we’ve been doing. We’re gonna see where it goes. It’s all we can do.”
YNW Melly’s retrial will have been delayed by almost a year by the time it gets underway after the rapper was hit with the witness tampering charge, stemming from allegations he conspired to stop a witness from testifying in court. The Florida native has been held in jail since his arrest in 2019 and will have spent over six years behind bars by the time the case reaches court again.
A mistrial was declared in the initial trial after the jury could not come to a unanimous verdict regarding the rapper, who has denied the double homicide. His attorneys recently moved to try and exclude phone calls between his fellow defendant YNW Bortlen and his girlfriend Juneviah Molina from being used as evidence in the trial.
