Both Melly and Bortlen claim they are innocent in the killings. XXLhas obtained court documents showing that the State of Florida is seeking the death penalty against Melly because they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the rapper “killed his friends for financial gain” and that “the...
Prosecutors initially pushed for the death penalty. However, it wastaken off the table as a possible punishmentin the case last July, only to bereinstated last November. Last week, a judge in the case made it easier for thejury to give the rapper a death sentence. Jury selection officially...
Melly's alleged accomplice, YNW Bortlen, Sakchaser and Juvy, leaving reasonable doubt as to who actually sent out the messages. During the trial on Thursday (June 29), the
The 22-year-old YNW Melly (born Jamell Maurice Demons in small-town Gifford, Florida) stands accused of murdering his own best friends, rappers YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy in cold blood and will face the death penalty if he’s convicted. He and his accused accomplice, YNW Bortle...
” He continues to be the primary suspect in the case and remains in a Florida prison where he could stillface the death penaltyif found guilty. That hasn’t stopped the 20-year-old rapper from hinting at new music following the release of his critically-acclaimedWe All Shineproject ...
“keep Bortlen wit me kuz at da end of the day he did one of a realist shit in my life.” Melly and Cortlen will remain in Broward County Jail for the foreseeable future until their cases are brought to trial. Before the death of Sak and Juvy in October, Melly got bo...
A 2018 official documentary asserts that Melly and Bortlen were would-be victims in the shooting, rather than its perpetrators. Melly has pleaded not guilty, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Earlier this year, Melly released We All Shine. Vulture critic Paul Thompson wrote that ...
YNW Bortlen's lawyer takes to Twitter to share that Melly's co-defendant 'was granted bond and house arrest' while 'Melly remains in jail until trial' for a double-murder case.