MIAMI — Chaos erupted late Friday after a man convicted of murdering a teenage student during a botched robbery of Yeezy sneakers four years ago tried to attack the girl’s father during the sentencing in a Miami-Dade County courtroom.

Adrian Cosby, 22, leapt from his chair as the father of Andrea Camps-Lacayo read from a prepared statement and blamed his daughter’s death, in part, on Cosby’s upbringing.

“What the f... you talking about bitch,” Cosby said before leaping from his chair. It took about a half dozen police and corrections officers to subdue him. And as he was being hauled away, family and friends in attendance erupted with outbursts.

People in the crowded courtroom looked for cover and backed away as Cosby’s family and friends left and were ushered out of the courtroom. Only a few minutes earlier, a 12-member jury had found him guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder and strong-arm robbery with a firearm.

When sentencing resumed about 20 minutes later and without Cosby or his family in the courtroom, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Miguel M. De la O sentenced Cosby to two life sentences and a concurrent 25-year sentence for the attempted robbery.

Botched robbery of Yeezy sneakers

Prosecutors from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office say Andrea lost her life during a botched robbery of three pairs of Adidas Yeezy sneakers, a pricey joint venture between the shoe giant and music superstar Kanye West.

She and her boyfriend, both Miami-Dade high school seniors, were trying to sell the sneakers to make some money during the early days of the pandemic.

In April 2020, they met up in Homestead with Cosby and his friend, George Oshane Walton, who was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder and attempted robbery with a firearm earlier this year. He was sentenced to life in prison.

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