YNW Melly was hit with witness tampering charges. The rapper’s attorneys reacted to the news, saying: “This is a transparent and desperate attempt by the State Attorney’s office to distract the public for the deposition of an Assistant State Attorney who accused this case’s lead detective and lead prosecutor of felonies by falsifying and covering up evidence damaging to the state’s case.” Now, details related to the situation have surfaced, with prosecutors claiming Melly and his co-defendant Bortlen used Rihanna’s name as part of a code when speaking to each other.
The code was about the two trying to stop various witnesses from cooperating against them. Prosecutors claimed Melly lost his phone privileges in jail and used phone time from another inmate to get the word out to his co-defendant.
Documents that surfaced on the matter say references were made to “ASAP Rocky’s baby mama” and “Rihanna” staying behind in a Maybach. The officials believe the names were code for telling a witness not to show up at trial. Stay tuned for more updates.
source: TMZ
