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Even The Star Witness Thinks The Trial Is A Joke

At this point, I'm feeling a light 3 about the whole thing.

By Chris Williams on June 21, 2024 12:13 pm

Laughing Smiling Emoji FaceBe it mandated stripper chicken or Judge Glanville’s laughable excuses for why secret meetings with witnesses are actually above board, the YSL RICO trial has had its fair share of humorous moments — even the witnesses want to get in on the fun. Star witness Lil Woody indulged in a bit of depreciation at his time on the stand:

And while it is generally a no-no to confuse the plaintiff’s attorney with the state’s witness, it’s hard to not see Brian Steel in Woody #4 after he had to correct the state for citing a case he was the main lawyer for:

Goes to show the line between the comedic and tragic is a hair’s width apart. As funny as all this is, each day that this charade continues is an affront to Jeffery Williams’s right to due process. Can we get a new, non-witness judge on this case already? Please and thanks.

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.