Young Thug RICO Trial: Lawyer Busted For Gang-Related Charges

An attorney involved in the Young Thug and Young Slime Life (YSL) RICO trial faces multiple charges related to gang activities, the Atlanta Police Department has confirmed. 

Nicole Fegan, who represented Tenquarius Mender in the high-profile case, was charged with criminal street gang activity and solicitation to commit evidence tampering linked to a deadly 2022 shooting investigation. 

Fegan is accused of contacting a suspect she was not representing to warn him that cops were coming to arrest him over a shooting while advising him to dispose of his phone. According to WSB-TV Channel 2, Fegan has been released on a $40,000 bond and has maintained her innocence. 

The last time Fegan was in the news was for something much less ominous: she was pregnant. Prosecutors claimed her pregnancy would delay the trial for Young Thug and the other members of YSL. 

“I don’t think pregnancy should be treated as a disease or a disability,” Fegan told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “If Rihanna can do it, I’m sure that we can both adequately represent our clients.”

Fegan’s client, Tenquarius Mender, is related to Quantavius Mender, who was arrested for menacing Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat and his wife via social media—and is accused of issuing 23 terroristic threat charges.

This 18-year-old suspect is alleged to have focused his threats on Sheriff Labat and his wife, Jacki, motivated by the detention of Young Thug on charges related to the RICO case. 

He reportedly demanded the artist’s release, threatening harm to the Labats in messages, including a direct statement: “#freethug or Imma sh00t u and your wife.”

Moreover, Mender is suspected of disseminating these menacing messages through the Labats’ Instagram profiles and further communicating threats to the Georgia State Patrol, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, and the Fulton Clerk of Court.

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