State Denied Motion to Revoke Young Thug's Probation

This week the State of Georgia filed to revoked rapper Young Thug's probation after he Tweeted the picture of an Atlanta Police Department detective calling her a liar [click here if you missed that]. 

The motion has been denied...

From WSBTV

Attorneys for Young Thug say a judge has ruled that the rapper didn’t violate his probation with a social media post.

District Attorney Fani Willis said Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, reposted a social media post that included a photo of a district attorney’s office investigator that went viral.

The state’s motion says the investigator is currently testifying in a gang murder hearing and that there is a court order for her face not to be shown on TV while testifying.

Channel 2 Action News has obtained a copy of the court order from Judge Paige Reese Whitaker denying the district attorney’s motion to revoke Williams’ probation.

Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne obtained a copy of Young Thug’s response on Thursday. The rapper’s attorney, Brian Steel, wrote that the prosecutors’ allegations did not show that his client violated his probation.

“First, there is no suggestion that Mr. Williams knew of the Magistrate Court’s Order not to show Investigator Viverito on television while testifying. Second, the allegation asserts that Mr. Williams’ reposted an image and wrote a caption. This allegation does not violate the Magistrate Court’s Order or Mr. Williams’ conditions of probation. Third, there is no violation of Mr. Williams’ probation by reposting an image on social media and opining that Investigator Viverito is untruthful,” the motion states.

The motion goes on to say that any comments made about the investigator on social media “cannot be attributed to Mr. Williams in order to support a violation of his probationary sentence.”