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Rapper Yak Gotti is back in court after a knife attack in the Fulton County Jail

Rapper Yak Gotti is back in court after a knife attack in the Fulton County Jail

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Rapper Yak Gotti was stabbed to death in the Fulton County Jail on Sunday, but the YSL co-defendant (real name Deamonte Kendrick) was back in the courtroom Monday morning as the jury began deliberating in Georgia’s longest trial were continued in history.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said the incident occurred during a physical altercation with another inmate at the South Annex in Union City, where both men were housed.

Kendrick, one of the final two co-defendants in the YSL trial, was treated for minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery, according to the sheriff’s office and his attorney, Douglas Weinstein.

“This is an active investigation to identify the perpetrator of this incident and determine whether charges will be pending,” the sheriff’s office said.

The trial’s other co-defendant, Shannon Stillwell, was stabbed to death in prison nearly a year ago.

Stillwell and Kendrick are the only remaining co-defendants in the trial after Young Thug (real name Jeffery Williams) and three others accepted plea deals last month.

Young Thug and several others were facing multiple organized crime, weapons and drug charges, with the superstar rapper having already spent more than a year and a half in prison while awaiting trial.

Prosecutors have tried to prove that YSL (Young Slime Life) is a criminal street gang responsible for numerous crimes. Defense attorneys say YSL is not a gang, just the name of a record label, Young Stoner Life.

Fulton County Prosecutor Adriane Love holds an exhibition in the YSL trial.

Kendrick is charged with one count of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act; one count of murder; one count of participation in a criminal street gang; three counts of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act; possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; possession of a machine gun; and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon who has previously been convicted of an offense involving the use or possession of a firearm.

Stillwell faces a RICO violation; two counts of murder; two counts of engaging in criminal street gang activity; Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon that has a prior conviction involving the use or possession of a firearm; and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

As part of his plea deal, Young Thug must stay away from his hometown of Atlanta for the next 10 years; must not display any signs of a criminal gang (real or suspected); complete 100 hours of community service over the next 15 years; and he is not allowed to have any weapons around, according to the terms of his plea deal and probation.

Jury selection for the trial took longer than any other in Georgia history, and the actual testimony itself is likely to exceed state records. Both records were set by the Atlanta Public Schools teachers scandal and trial in 2014-15.

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