YNW Melly‘s murder trial has continued to reveal some stunning bombshells, and the latest involves the lead detective, who has admitted to intimidating witnesses allegedly involved in the murder of YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser.
On Tuesday (July 18), lead Detective Joseph T. Moretti took the stand and confirmed that he threatened YNW Melly’s manager Jameson “100K Track” Francois with deportation and imprisonment following the shooting.
“Did you as a trained investigator threaten Jameson Francois to be deported to Haiti even though he’s been in this country since 5 years?” The defense attorney asked Detective Moretti during cross-examination.
“Yes sir,” he answered, after which he was then asked: “Did you in fact threaten that he would, ‘Not get fed or get any medicine in the Haitian jails?”
“I don’t know about that conversation sir,” Moretti replied.
During cross examination of the lead detective who investigated the double murder case involving @YNWMelly, the detective admitted he threatened several witnesses in the case. pic.twitter.com/yZLBhaEAVP
— Law&Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) July 17, 2023
The latest update comes after numerous text messages allegedly sent by Melly were read out by the prosecution on Monday (July 17). Law & Crime Network executive producer Cathy Russon shared the text messages allegedly sent by Melly, in which he seemingly admitted to the charges brought against him, and the prosecutors hope the texts will serve as an admission of guilt.
She wrote: “On the final day of the State’s case, they finally introduce the “I did that. Shhh” text they told the jury about in their opening statement. Prosecutors say this is #YNWMelly’s confession to the killings.”
In explaining the defense, Russon added: “DAT v. THAT. On cross-exam, the defense shows many texts where #YNWMelly spells the word ‘that’ as ‘dat”. Defense insinuating whoever typed “that” wasn’t their client. #YNWMellyTrial”
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