Defense attorneys and prosecutors argued over the admissibility of statements from Kenneth "Woody" Copeland today (June 20) with the jury gone in the Young Thug / YSL trial. Some of the statements involve the sexual preferences of Jimmy "Peewee Roscoe" Winfrey, and there's also statements Woody made to Detective Tyrone Dennis about Thugger's sexuality.
Shannon Stillwell's lawyer Max Schardt described the statements to Judge Glanville. He said the defense agrees with prosecutors that Woody's statements about Peewee Roscoe shouldn't come in, but the defense wants the jury to hear the discussion between Woody and Detective Dennis about Thugger's sexuality because Woody repeatedly says Thug acts that way as a marketing tool.
Dennis also asked Woody about Bryan “Birdman” Williams’ "sexual proclivities."
02:40 "To be clear, there's nothing particularly shocking in the answer that Mr. Copeland gives."
03:53 "Nothing particularly shocking is revealed."
Schardt says Detective Dennis is "very interested if Jeffery Williams is gay." Woody says Thugger is "definitely not gay."
05:50 "I'm not the one drawing connections between being gay and wearing a dress and all that," Schardt says.
"If he says being in a gang is a marketing tool, then we might be in a different situation," Deputy District Attorney Simone Hylton says. "He's talking about whether or not he uses being gay as a marketing tool. That is not relevant to what's happening in this trial."
Glanville sides with the defense and says they can ask Woody about these statements in cross-examination.
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