Key Takeaways:

• A Georgia decide beforehand dominated in favor of Young Thug, ordering the return of roughly $145K in seized belongings.
• Prosecutors have filed an attraction, arguing the delay was brought on by Young Thug’s authorized crew.
• The attraction might impression future asset forfeiture rulings in high-profile hip hop circumstances.

The authorities within the state of Georgia aren’t executed with Young Thug but. Though the Atlanta rapper took a plea deal and was in a position to stroll away with probation within the infamous Young Stoner Life Records RICO case, his residence state is searching for to maintain the seized property it was ordered to return.

According to authorized paperwork shared on social media on Tuesday (Sept. 23), the State of Georgia has filed an attraction to overturn a earlier ruling that ordered the return of the rapper’s beforehand seized property. The doc states that the plaintiff, on this case, Georgia, is searching for to retrieve almost $150,000 in property.

Young Thug’s authorized crew cited a delay within the forfeiture listening to as a cause to dismiss a civil forfeiture lawsuit tied to the RICO case. Back in August, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker dominated in Young Thug’s favor and ordered his property be returned. The objects reportedly included roughly $145,000 in money, a Chevrolet Corvette, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, Mercedes-Benz autos, a number of firearms, assorted jewellery and extra.

However, Judge Whitaker famous that the state might attraction. About a month after the preliminary ruling, the state filed its attraction on Sept. 19. The plaintiffs contend {that a} movement that Young Thug’s authorized crew beforehand filed is what brought about the delay. As for the So Much Fun creator’s chains and whips, they’re nonetheless in limbo whereas this all performs out in courtroom.

“While we are gratified that the defendant will not be receiving gang-related jewelry back, we are perplexed that Judge Whitaker dismissed the case based on a timeline requested by defense counsel and a date the court set for trial,” Deputy District Attorney Jeff DiSantis stated in August, per Fox 5 Atlanta. “We are evaluating the case now for doable attraction contemplating that unusual procedural historical past.”

While all that is taking part in out in courtroom, Thugger has been coping with quite a few jail phone call leaks which have tarnished his fame. He’s additionally set to drop his newest album, UY SCUTI, on Friday (Sept. 26).