Young Thug‘s former associate Lil Woody has admitted he lied to police, sharing from the stand that he was “making up stories.”
Woody, born Kenneth Copeland, took the stand on Thursday (June 13) and admitted that he answered “yes” to all prosecutor inquiries in an attempt to speed through his questionings.
He also confessed that he lied during all of his police interviews, dating back to 2015.
“Every time they grabbed me, I had a different story for them,” Woody said. “I was not truthful, I was saying whatever they wanted me to say … I was trying my best to convince them that I didn’t do nothing … You asked me if I was being truthful. I know I wasn’t being truthful.”
He clarified he didn’t recall anything he said in past police interviews but confirmed that none of it held any ounce of truth. “Whenever they was questioning me, I was lying. I was making up stories,” he said.
On Saturday (June 8), Lil Woody was tossed in jail for contempt after he refused to testify against the YSL boss.
The YSL affiliate took the stand and invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Lil Woody invoked the Fifth even for the most basic questions, such as “How old are you?”
When he refused to answer even those questions, Judge Ural Glanville ordered him to be held in willful contempt of court until Monday (June 10), since the prosecution had already offered him an immunity deal in exchange for his testimony against Young Thug. In response, Thugga’s attorney Brian Steel filed a motion for a mistrial.
The YSL RICO trial has been making daily headlines since it started.
Earlier this week, Young Thug‘s lawyer Brian Steel managed to avoid jail after he was arrested during the trial for being in contempt of court.
The long-running and controversial case took another twist earlier this week when Steel was arrested in the courtroom for confronting Judge Ural Glanville about a private conversation reportedly held between Glanville, prosecutors and one of the state’s star witnesses before a court hearing.
After initially being sentenced to 10 weekends in jail, Steel was granted bond pending his appeal of the contempt charge, meaning he will no longer have to report to jail on Friday (June 14).
Steel’s own attorney celebrated the legal victory in a statement, saying: “We are thrilled that Brian will be home with his family for Father’s Day this weekend. We appreciate how quickly and thoughtfully our appellate courts handled this unfortunate situation.”
Brian Steel’s row with Judge Glanville began after the attorney found out about a private meeting between the judge, the prosecution and a witness.
Steel refused to tell the judge who had told him about the meeting and in dramatic scenes had the lawyer arrested, all of which was caught on a courtroom livestream.
“You can purge that contempt just by telling who it is that told you that information. That’s all I need to know,” Glanville said to Steel, who refused to name names based on a duty of confidentiality.
Steel also said he wanted to spend his jail time with his client Young Thug to continue preparing their defense against the RICO charges.
