YNW Melly files federal lawsuit seeking release from jail ahead of retrial
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper Jamelle Demons, known professionally as YNW Melly, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking release from jail ahead of his retrial on charges of murdering two close friends in 2018.
The lawsuit alleges that Demons, 25, ” is being illegally detained under conditions that violate the First, Fifth, Sixth, Eight and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.”
Those conditions, according to the suit, include an inability to make phone calls or receive visits from family members, “including not seeing or speaking with his own mother in over three years!!!”
Demons has been held without bond since his arrest for the murders of fellow rappers Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams. Demons’ first trial ended in a hung jury in 2023. His retrial is tentatively scheduled for 2025, though the exact dates have not been set. He is due back in court in January.
A hearing date on the federal suit has not been set.
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