Jan 23, 2026witness tampering charges against florida rapper ynw melly were dropped ahead of his january 2027 retrial. The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is jamell maurice. Melly, 26, whose real name is jamell demons, is accused of murdering his childhood friends anthony williams and christopher thomas jr.
Jamell demons is an ongoing american criminal case in florida's 17th judicial circuit in which rapper jamell demons, professionally known as ynw melly, is accused of murdering his two. Sep 24, 2025a judge on wednesday granted rapper ynw melly's bombshell request to have a new legal team as he faces a double murder re-trial in broward county. Jan 4, 2026jamell demons, known to the world as ynw melly, has been sitting in a florida jail cell for a very long time.
Jan 20, 2026prosecutors have dropped witness-tampering charges against ynw melly on the day a trial was set to begin, prompting the rapper’s lawyers to vow renewed efforts to free him. May 12, 2025rapper ynw melly will remain behind bars after his legal team sought to have him placed on house arrest as he awaits a double murder trial. Ynw melly’s federal lawsuit, which sought to challenge his jail conditions and trial delays, was dismissed, keeping him behind bars.
May 24, 2025ynw melly is accused of killing two people, anthony williams and christopher thomas jr., in a shooting in miramar, florida, on october 26, 2018. Nov 5, 2024rapper ynw melly is accusing the broward sheriff's office of cruel treatment behind bars in a new lawsuit and asking a florida judge for his immediate release from prison.
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