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Big30 Argues He Should Get Bond in Federal Kidnapping Case
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Big30 Argues He Should Get Bond in Federal Kidnapping Case

Complex·Trey Alston·about 1 month ago
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Big30 is fighting back against prosecutors who want to keep him in jail ahead of his federal kidnapping case tied to the alleged robbery involving Pooh Shiesty and Gucci Mane. In a court filing submitted on Apr. 24, Big30’s attorneys requested that a Texas federal judge allow the rapper to be free on bond with certain conditions — something prosecutors argued against earlier this month . The rapper, real name Rodney Wright, Jr., was granted a $100,000 bond by a judge when he was arrested in Tennessee last month, but the order was stayed and prosecutors quickly appealed. In the new filing, Big30’s lawyers argued that he’s being unfairly characterized as a “central” participant in the incident, in which Pooh Shiesty, Big30, and six other men (including Pooh Shiesty’s father) are accused of holding Gucci and his security team at gunpoint, forcing Gucci to sign paperwork letting Pooh Shiesty out of his record deal, and robbing Gucci of his wedding ring, watch, earrings, and cash.…

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