Earlier this month, Pooh Shiesty and multiple others were arrested and hit with charges related to the alleged kidnapping and robbery of Gucci Mane. Prosecutors accuse him of carrying out an "armed takeover" of a recording studio to get out of his 1017 contract. If convicted, he could end up spending some serious time behind bars.
Pooh Shiesty's father, Lontrell Williams Sr., was among those arrested. Shortly after he was taken into custody, he was granted a $250K bond with a $25K cash deposit. Prosecutors swiftly moved to have his bond revoked, alleging that he could be a flight risk.
He's fighting back, insisting that they have a weak case. In new court documents obtained by TMZ, Williams Sr. and his team argue that he should await trial at home. They claim the evidence they have against him is “profoundly underwhelming.”
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Prosecutors accuse Williams Sr. of traveling from Memphis to Dallas, booking the studio, printing the contract release, and being present during the alleged ordeal. He, on the other hand, says he traveled from Memphis to Dallas weeks before the other defendants did. According to him, he did this so he could take care of his son. He also claims that he always books studios for Pooh Shiesty. As for the allegation about printing the contract release, he insists prosecutors don't have any evidence to back this up.
Pooh Shiesty's former lawyer, Bradford Cohen, has made similar statements accusing the government of lacking sufficient evidence.
“The FBI doesn’t take three months to arrest someone if they believe everything that was said,” he said before withdrawing from the case. “There is no contract, this mystery contract. They have no contract. They have no video of this alleged signing of a contract, they have no guns, they have no jewelry, they have none of that physical evidence.”
