{"id":1923969,"date":"2026-05-08T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1923969"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:00:51","slug":"ynw-melly-denied-bond-again-lawyers-slam-decision-citing-alleged-whcd-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1923969","title":{"rendered":"YNW Melly Denied Bond Again, Lawyers Slam Decision Citing Alleged WHCD Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a5\/16by9\/2026\/05\/07\/a5c16be353d14b208b0344fb13b10d5e_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">YNW Melly Denied Bond Again, Lawyers Slam Decision Citing Alleged WHCD Shooter<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">YNW Melly<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Attorneys Rip Bond Denial, What About Cole Allen?!?<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-07T17:00:51-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              May 7, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:00 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-8ca91c2afc4b845234657036b37e8ffb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260507_a5c16be353d14b208b0344fb13b10d5e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a5\/4by3\/2026\/05\/07\/a5c16be353d14b208b0344fb13b10d5e_md.jpg\" alt=\"YNW Melly gettymain \" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-41d5a7e799f93b62dc19ea91d00114d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ynw-melly\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>YNW Melly<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s attorneys are blasting the decision to keep him locked up as he awaits retrial in his double murder case &#8230; and they&#8217;re citing a recent ruling involving the alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Trump<\/strong><\/a> attempted assassin.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ef2d66a2ee88bcc5cf70d79898123912\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Melly had his bond denied Thursday and his lawyers, <strong>Drew Findling<\/strong> and <strong>Carey Haughwout<\/strong>, ripped the decision in a statement to TMZ &#8230; &#8220;The irony is that in the last few days, the nation saw a United States Magistrate Judge apologize to an individual accused of an attempted assassination of the President for his mere days in solitary confinement and not a word by this Court regarding the three years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-535a3f5794a7c9dff5e40c45be27e410\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260120_5d82bcd98a604fcaaa6fd9436a836715\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5d\/4by3\/2026\/01\/20\/5d82bcd98a604fcaaa6fd9436a836715_md.jpg\" alt=\"YNW-Melly-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f8c53f0fea91729ce61d19599c4e5baf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>They&#8217;re referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/cole-tomas-allen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Cole Allen<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; a judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/04\/judge-apologizes-to-cole-tomas-allen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>apologized to him<\/strong><\/a> in court for his jail condition.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cb07dec54dfd100f685cbcdeab57f362\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>His attorneys say YNW Melly &#8212; legal name <strong>Jamell Demons<\/strong> &#8212; has endured &#8220;inhumane conditions&#8221; behind bars for over seven years, including the last three in solitary confinement, as his case makes its way through the courts. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9cb84cdfc5cbac6212dd1cf9d63b8c13\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a id=\"gallery-link-0de2c69c-6a0c-4006-a37c-53fa75111eab\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2022\/06\/09\/ynw-melly-living-large\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:0de2c69c-6a0c-4006-a37c-53fa75111eab\" data-context='{\"name\":\"gallery-block\",\"section\":\"permalink\"}' data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/56\/4by3\/2022\/06\/09\/567a883550da4291a4819e9c4568ec74_md.png\" alt=\"YNW Melly Living Large\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay gallery-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label gallery-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer gallery-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text gallery-block__media-launch-text\">YNW Melly Living Large<\/span><span class=\"media-cta gallery-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n              Launch Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a1e9284fc329989b7347f9f3dbe2e5e3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Findling and Haughwout add &#8230; &#8220;In the collective decades of experience shared by this defense team, we have never encountered such cruel treatment comparable to what Mr. Demons has endured. Numerous colleagues across the legal community have likewise expressed disbelief and outrage at the conditions imposed in this case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1b144d811fba2ffa4439f6877c765a73\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>YNW Melly&#8217;s retrial is scheduled for January 2027 &#8230; he&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/13\/rapper-ynw-melly-charged-in-double-murder-of-his-friends\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>charged<\/strong><\/a> in the 2018 shooting deaths of two, <strong>Christopher Thomas Jr.<\/strong> and <strong>Anthony Williams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/07\/ynw-melly-lawyers-rip-denied-bond-decision\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"facebook-footer\",\"pos\":1}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/07\/ynw-melly-lawyers-rip-denied-bond-decision\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"twitter-footer\",\"pos\":2}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/26\/ynw-melly-seeking-bond-release-from-jail\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":1}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f3\/16by9\/2026\/03\/26\/f3364f24ccb5457abdd788ffc0fb622a_xs.jpg\" alt=\"ynw melly jail bond getty 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        YNW Melly Says Jail Sucks, Asks Judge Again for Bond Release<br \/>\n                      <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/20\/ynw-melly-witness-tampering-charges-dropped\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":2}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/14\/16by9\/2026\/01\/20\/148b02974841413aab493198770ebe13_xs.jpg\" alt=\"YNW-Melly-main-getty-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        YNW Melly Prosecutors Drop Witness Tampering Charges<br \/>\n                      <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/04\/30\/ynw-melly-kendrick-lamar-lyrics-euphoria-drake-diss\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:061a5bc1-5b89-41fa-959b-8fc0d7e40bc6\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":3}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f0\/16by9\/2024\/04\/30\/f055c28c242944a9ab00db9143007b9b_xs.jpg\" alt=\"YNW Melly_Main_Instagram_\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        YNW Melly Reacts To Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s Lyrics About Him On &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; 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