Young Thug Trial: Witness Sent To Prison For Breaking Plea Deal

Young Thug‘s long-running YSL trial took yet another wild turn this week when a witness for the prosecution was sent to prison for five years after his testimony on the stand didn’t match the facts in his plea agreement.Per Atlanta’s Fox 5, Antonio Sledge, who testified early last month, was taken into custody on Friday (October 18) when Judge Paige Reese Whitaker ruled that his behavior on the stand violated his deal with the state.Sledge’s plea agreement, which allowed him to avoid prison time and instead land 15 years of probation, hinged on him agreeing to sixteen “factual acknowledgements” about YSL and, specifically, about the murder of Donovan “Nut” Thomas and Thug’s alleged role in its aftermath.“On January 10, 2015, after the murder of Donovan Thomas, Jr., Defendant and other YSL associates gathered at the home of Jeffery Williams AKA Young Thug, who gave Defendant and other YSL associates cash money to ‘lay low,’” one reads. However, on the stand, Sledge changed his story, repeatedly saying, “I don’t recall” in response to questions about the killing.Judge Whitaker came down hard on Sledge’s behavior, accusing him of violating “the solemn oath that he took when he said that he understood every...