Young Thug's long-running criminal trial returns with jury and reluctant star witness
A Georgia judge declared a mistrial in the racketeering and gun conspiracy case against Atlanta rapper Young Thug and five co-defendants, bringing an abrupt end to the state's longest-running criminal trial.
A new judge, a "hostile" star witness and another mistrial request kicked off the jury's return Monday to the racketeering and gun conspiracy trial of Atlanta rapper Young Thug after a nearly two-month hiatus.
The case has become Georgia’s longest-running criminal trial since it began with jury selection in January 2023, dragging on through multiple delays and unexpected turns that threatened to unravel the proceedings entirely.
Superior Court Judge Paige Whitaker welcomed Fulton County jurors back to the high-profile trial, making quick mention that she is the new judge while skirting around why her predecessor, Judge Ural Glanville, was removed from the case last month.
"You are not to concern yourself with this change," Whitaker told the jury.
"The decisions and remarks of a judge do not mean the judge favors or leans to one side or another in this case," she added.
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