Fredo Bang Refuses to Answer Prosecution’s Questions About YNW Melly Case

According to court documents obtained by XXL on Wednesday (June 15), Judge Andrew L. Siegel denied the prosecution’s motion on June 6 to force Fredo Bang, born Fredrick Givens, to answer questions about the case. This decision came after Fredo declined to answer certain questions based on attorney-client privilege and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Court records show that the State even offered Fredo immunity from prosecution in Florida if he were to divulge what he knows about the case.

YNW Melly is accused of shooting and killing YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser, and scheming with YNW Bortlen, born Cortlen Henry, to make up a story about the actual events. On Oct. 26, 2018, Bortlen drove the deceased bodies of Juvy and Sakchaser to a local Florida hospital and claimed the two were victims of a drive-by shooting. Melly was arrested on Feb.13, 2019, and charged with first-degree murder in the homicides. He pleaded not guilty the following month. Bortlen was later apprehended in Texas and booked on murder and accessory charges. Melly and Bortlen are also named as possibly being linked to the 2017 shooting death of Deputy Gary Chambliss of the Indian River County Sheriff’s Department, which occurred in Gifford, Fla.

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