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Created: 2025-07-17 20:09:16 UTC

The judge in YNW Melly's double murder case has ruled that the rapper's retrial will commence on Sept. XX amid an investigation into Melly's defense attorney, NBC X South Florida reports.

Melly appeared in court on Wednesday (July 16) for another pretrial hearing. During the hearing, Judge Martin S. Fein ordered documents pertaining to his defense attorney, Raven Liberty, to be turned over. Liberty has been the subject of an 18-month investigation for possible witness tampering. However, information about the investigation has been under wraps due to it being an ongoing inquiry.

Melly has been in jail since 2019, fighting charges of double murder in connection with the killings of his two friends in 2018. His first trial in 2023 ended in a hung jury. The prosecution was hoping to get the retrial pushed back to 2026.

XXL has reached out to YNW Melly's attorney for comment.

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