Prosecutors Want to Revoke Young Thug's Probation After He Shared Photo of Murder Witness (UPDATE)

UPDATED 4/3/25 at 4:30 p.m. ET: Young Thug has secured another legal win. 

On Thursday, April 3, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker rejected prosecutors’ motion to revoke the rapper’s probation. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis accused Thugger — legal name Jeffery Lamar Williams — of resharing a social media post featuring an Atlanta Police Department investigator involved in his RICO trial. The since-deleted post referred to the individual as “the biggest liar in the DA’s office” and amassed over 2 million views. 

Willis argued Thug’s social media activity “directly threaten[ed] the safety of witnesses and prosecutors, compromises ongoing legal proceedings, and warrants immediate revocation of probation.” However, Judge Whitaker determined the post did not violate Thug’s probation terms. 

Per legal documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Jozsef Papp: “Having reviewed the terms and conditions of Defendant’s probation imposed by this court, the Court declines to revoke Defendant’s probation based on the violation asserted.”

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Fulton County prosecutors want to see Young Thug's probation revoked because of a post he shared on X, formerly Twitter.

As reported by TMZ, prosecutors filed a motion on Wednesday, April 2 to get Thug's probation revoked after he shared a photo of a police investigator who testified in a gana gangg-related murder case. The photo was first shared by a blogger, and Thug reposted it with the caption, "Biggest liar in the DA office." The judge in the murder case, unrelated to Thug's case that finally concluded last year, ordered the witness not to be shown on TV or on social media.

The blogger who first shared the picture wrote, "She doesn't want to be shown on screen? Well, here she is." In the motion, prosecutors accused Thug of amplifying the initial post. They said that he has violated his probation conditions by participating in a "campaign of intimidation, harassment, and misinformation designed to undermine the legal process."

The motion also highlighted that the investigator and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis received threats in the comments after Thug "amplified" the post.

The Atlanta rapper's attorneys, Brian Steel and Keith Adams, responded to the motion and said that their client did not violate his probation conditions with the post, which has since been deleted.

"Mr. Williams did not violate any term of probation and thus, the State’s Motion to Revoke Probation must be dismissed at this time, with prejudice," they said. "These comments on social media by unknown persons cannot be attributed to Mr. Williams in order to support a violation of his probationary sentence ... Williams can admit to all of the allegations alleged and still not have violated any term of his probationary sentence. The State’s Motion to Revoke Probation is deficient."

In a post shared on X that appears to be related, Thug wrote, "I don’t make treats [sic] to people I’m a good person, I would never condone anyone threatening anyone or definitely participate in threatening anyone. I’m all about peace and love."

Thugger was released from jail on October 31 after he pleaded guilty in the longest trial in Georgia history. As part of the guilty plea, he will spend 15 years on probation and 20 years behind bars if he fails to complete his probation period. Thug is also prohibited from the Atlanta metro area.

He pleaded no contest to a racketeering conspiracy charge and one count of leading a street gang in the YSL Rico case and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a machine gun, one count of possession of a firearm during a felony, and three counts of violating Georgia's Controlled Substances Act.