Felony Justice
Protection lawyer accused of serving to smuggle medicine to consumer in gang RICO case involving rapper
July 22, 2025, 11:40 am CDT
Atlanta rapper Younger Thug is seen in courtroom along with his lawyer, Brian Metal. A prison indictment was filed Monday in opposition to lawyer Nicole Fegan, 34, of Georgia, who represented a defendant in a RICO case involving the Younger Slime Life gang and Younger Thug. (Photograph by Miguel Martinez/The Atlanta Journal-Structure through the Related Press)
A prison indictment was filed Monday in opposition to a Georgia lawyer who represented a defendant in a RICO case involving the Younger Slime Life gang and Atlanta rapper Younger Thug.
Lawyer Nicole Fegan, 34, of Georgia is charged in Fulton County, Georgia, with serving to smuggle medicine to a consumer and advising one other to dump his cellphone to impede an investigation right into a deadly taking pictures, the Atlanta Journal-Structure experiences.
WSB-TV and Fox 5 Atlanta even have protection.
Fegan was accused of serving to smuggle methamphetamine, oxycodone and marijuana to her consumer within the YSL case, Tenquarius Mender. He’s additionally charged within the new indictment, together with one in all his associates.
The fees in opposition to Fegan embody trafficking methamphetamine, possession of a managed substance with intent to distribute, possession of lower than an oz. of marijuana and violating the Georgia Road Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, based on the Atlanta Journal-Structure.
The indictment contains earlier allegations associated to Fegan’s arrest in February 2024, based on the Atlanta Journal-Structure. She was accused at the moment of contacting a suspect within the deadly taking pictures case and telling him that he had warrants for his arrest. She was charged then with prison avenue gang exercise and prison solicitation to commit the offense of tampering with proof, based on Fox 5 Atlanta.
In response to WSB-TV, Fegan “is well-known in native authorized circles for her efficient illustration of alleged gang members.”
Mender beforehand pleaded responsible to possession of a cellphone and a weapon whereas in custody. He additionally entered an Alford plea agreeing to not contest a cost of taking part in prison avenue gang exercise, based on prior Fox 5 Atlanta protection. The plea resolved costs within the RICO case.
Younger Thug, who was not represented by Fegan, pleaded responsible and no contest to a number of gang, gun and drug costs within the RICO case, NPR reported Nov. 1.
Fegan’s lawyer launched an announcement to WSB-TV and the Atlanta Journal-Structure.
“This indictment is a travesty,” the assertion stated. “Nicole Fegan is a fierce trial lawyer and well-respected amongst her friends. These costs stem from actions alleged to have occurred two and a half years in the past throughout the YSL trial for which Ms. Fegan was a zealous advocate for her consumer, no extra. We sit up for combating these false allegations.”
Fegan stays in good standing with the state bar, the Atlanta Journal-Structure experiences.
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