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Tony Yayo Is Innocent, Says Henchman Assault Witness
A lawyer for G-Unit rapper Tony Yayo disclosed to a judge Thursday (September 6) that he has obtained a witness who will testify that his client is innocent of assaulting the 14-year-old son of hip hop mogul Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond.
Leemon claims that the surfacing of a new mystery witness will clear his client of any wrong-doing. According to New York Newsday, the witness, whose name is being withheld, has given a sworn statement saying he knows both the teen, James Rosemond, and Yayo, and that the boy was hit by a yet unidentified man. Leemon also said that he has given that information to prosecutors.
"The witness clearly vindicates my client," Leemon said outside court. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Neil E. Ross was told that detectives had not interviewed Leemon's witness and suggested that prosecutors speak to the person as soon as possible.
During yesterday's court appearance Judge Ross also denied Leemon's motion to view e-mails between the elder Rosemond and a public relations firm. He said Leemon might be on a "fishing expedition" for material to use in a civil lawsuit that was irrelevant to the criminal case.
Yayo (born Marvin Bernard) was charged in March with assault, harassment and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly smacking Henchman's son, on a Manhattan street. The rapper rejected a plea deal in Manhattan Criminal Court earlier this summer in the case that would have sent him back to jail for nine months if he had plead guilty to the charges.
The case is said to be headed to trial in December.
Source: sohh.com
Leemon claims that the surfacing of a new mystery witness will clear his client of any wrong-doing. According to New York Newsday, the witness, whose name is being withheld, has given a sworn statement saying he knows both the teen, James Rosemond, and Yayo, and that the boy was hit by a yet unidentified man. Leemon also said that he has given that information to prosecutors.
"The witness clearly vindicates my client," Leemon said outside court. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Neil E. Ross was told that detectives had not interviewed Leemon's witness and suggested that prosecutors speak to the person as soon as possible.
During yesterday's court appearance Judge Ross also denied Leemon's motion to view e-mails between the elder Rosemond and a public relations firm. He said Leemon might be on a "fishing expedition" for material to use in a civil lawsuit that was irrelevant to the criminal case.
Yayo (born Marvin Bernard) was charged in March with assault, harassment and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly smacking Henchman's son, on a Manhattan street. The rapper rejected a plea deal in Manhattan Criminal Court earlier this summer in the case that would have sent him back to jail for nine months if he had plead guilty to the charges.
The case is said to be headed to trial in December.
Source: sohh.com