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The outcry over rapper Meek Mills tough sentence has attracted the attention of the FBI, which has launched a probe into the Philadelphia judge presiding over the case, Page Six has exclusively learned.
Stars including Jay-Z and Rick Ross have criticized Judge Genece Brinkley for sentencing Meek, whose real name is Robert Williams, to two to four years in jail for a probation violation, even though the district attorney and Meeks probation officer had asked for no jail time. He is currently in solitary confinement.
Meeks attorney Joe Tacopina has publicly claimed Brinkley showed enormous bias against the star and acted inappropriately by repeatedly asking the rapper to drop his current management, Roc Nation, and sign with Philly music figure Charlie Mack, whom Meek worked with early in his career.
A source told us of the FBI interest in the case, The feds have an interest in the judge and [her] potential relationships. This is an investigation looking into a possible extortionate demand. Undercover agents have been in the courtroom monitoring the Meek proceedings since April 2016.
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trc
(823 posts)agents have been in courtroom since April 2016 and they want to know who she knows...wow, this looks way deeper and dirtier than a ridiculous sentence.
malaise
(269,157 posts)no surprise - it's even being discussed in Jamaica
HipChick
(25,485 posts)with a rival.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Damn!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)A propos of whatever or nothing, she's also black, just in case any assumptions were otherwise.
This story has been picked up by major media, expect to hear more. But he apparently has a troubled history, and we should know a lot more before assuming corruption. (I deleted my "Damn," from the she's Democrat title line.) The entrance of the FBI certainly suggests more, but the attention this case has drawn could also conceivably have something to do with that. Hope he's out of isolation now.