FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida rapper Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons appeared in Broward County court Friday for a defense motions hearing.
The 24-year-old musician from Gifford is accused of fatally shooting fellow rappers Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams while they were inside a Jeep Compass on Oct. 26, 2018, after a recording session with Demons at a studio in Broward County.
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Cortland “Bortland” Henry, a co-defendant who is awaiting trial, is accused of driving the Jeep and helping to cover up the murders.
Last year, after a hung jury in Demons’s trial, the prosecution accused Demons of using his alleged position as a member of the Bloods gang to ask fellow inmate Terrence Mathis, another alleged Bloods member, to help him get a message to Henry to prevent his ex-girlfriend from testifying.
Demons is awaiting a retrial for the murders and Henry is awaiting trial.
On Friday, it was announced that jury selection is expected to begin in March. No start date has been scheduled yet for his retrial.