| After Verdict on Drill
Rapper Kay Flock Witness Ashanti
Washington Arraignment Set for
July 16
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 26 – Two days after the
mixed jury verdict in US v.
Kevin Perez, the Bronx-based
drill rapper known as Kay
Flock, a book was published
about the trial, "Courthouse
Rap." On Amazon here.
Two weeks
later, Kay Flock's lawyer
filed a motion for acquittal,
including arguing that "The
individual in the 4646 Park
Avenue Surveillance footage
wearing a blue jacket was not
Mr. Perez; The assailant in
the RPT shooting was the
individual wearing a blue
jacket in the [4]6[4]6 Park
Avenue surveillance footage;
There is no evidence in the
record, however, which would
lead a rational juror to
reasonably infer that
Defendant brandished or
discharged a firearm in
connection with the RPT
Shooting." Full filing on
Patreon here.
On April 17, the
US Attorney's Office opposed
the motion: " The Court
properly instructed the jury
on those theories, and
the evidence overwhelmingly
supported Perez’s guilt on
both counts.
Accordingly, the Motion should
be denied" - full US filing
here.
On June 25, with
the motion still not ruled on,
the US Attorney's Office wrote
it to Judge Liman that it had
gotten a grand jury indictment
of defense witness Ashanti
Washington after finding her
DNA on the gun - and charging
perjury. Will the new case,
assigned to Judge George B.
Daniels, be consolidated with
Perez' before Judge Liman?
On June 26, Judge
Daniels set an arraignment:
"SCHEDULING ORDER as to
Ashanti Washington: An
arraignment and initial
conference for this case is
hereby scheduled for July 16,
2025 at 9:30 a.m. (Signed by
Judge George B. Daniels on
6/26/2025)."
The new case is
USA v. Washington, 1:25-cr-287
(Daniels)
For now,
the book compares this 2025
trial to the previous trial
involving Tekashi 6ix9ine as a
cooperating witness, before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul A.
Engelmayer. Inner
City Press covered both cases,
as it is covering that of Sean
Combs and others. The book
begins:
In outlaw music there is
always the question of
authenticity. Daniel Hernandez
became Tekashi 6ix9ine and
hooked up with the Nine Trey
Gangsta Bloods to shoot a
video. Then he became their
cash cow, and some of them
became his muscle, shoot-out
in a Barclay's Center hallway.
They turned
on Tekashi and he became a
cooperator against them,
returning to SDNY on
violations of supervised
release then back out on the
concert tour. [And now
back in SDNY later in April]
For drill
rapper Kay Flock it was
different. He really was from
Sev Side, 187th Street. He
wasn't an appendage to his
group: he was central to it.
When with seven he was
indicted, he did not
cooperate. He took it to
trial.
Now this.
Book and
audiobook on Amazon here
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