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1. Gucci Mane & Other Victims Allegedly Gave Statements To Police In January
Pooh Shiesty’s lawyer did not name-drop Gucci Mane in his press conference. However, he seemed to suggest that the public knows who R.D., as listed in the paperwork, is meant to represent. For context, Gucci Mane’s legal name is Radric Delantic Davis.
Early in the six-minute press conference video shared by Fox 4, Attorney Cohen confirmed that all of the victims in the case, including R.D., gave statements to the police on January 10. He called those statements “very questionable.” Adding, “I think the way the way the statements were made, what was made, what allegedly was witnessed and what wasn’t witnessed, I think gave great pause to the FBI. The FBI doesn’t take three months to arrest someone if they believe everything that was said on the night that it occurred.”
Later in the press conference, Cohen clarified that since the incident, the FBI has not interviewed any of the alleged victims. “…Allegedly they all have future dates to give statements, but I have no idea if that’s true. We’re basing it on what the [FBI] agent said on the stand, that each one of those witnesses from that evening is going to appear and give a statement to the federal authorities.”
R.D., Cohen confirmed, has not given a statement to the FBI since the incident, but spoke to authorities on the evening of January 10. It’s unclear what his exact statement was. “The FBI said in the future they’re all scheduled to give statements, so we’ll have to see,” the lawyer added.
2. Lawyer Slams The FBI’s Case Timeline
Then, there’s the pace of the investigation. Pooh Shiesty’s lawyer slammed the three-month gap between the alleged kidnapping and robbery and the arrests made.
He explained that the FBI was involved from the “first night” of the alleged incident. Yet, after initial involvement, “nothing happened for three months.” Also, he said:
“In addition to that, that I thought was quite embarrassing, is that an FBI agent says they don’t have the resources to keep their eye on an individual. This is allegedly an individual that committed a crime, that they then didn’t watch to see if the guns were present, if the jewelry was present.”
3. Lawyer Alleges The FBI Hasn’t Secured Key Evidence
Additionally, Pooh Shiesty’s lawyer pushed back on the strength of the evidence, highlighting major gaps in the prosecution’s case. He said:
“What we didn’t hear today is there is no contract—this mystery contract. They have no contract, they have no video of this alleged signing of a contract, they have no guns, they have no jewelry, they have none of that physical evidence. What they have is… allegedly five individuals, one of them being a very well-known individual that is allegedly cooperating with the government and making these allegations against my client and many more.”
After an interviewer asked, Cohen agreed that it’s fair to label the case a “he said, he said” situation.
“What we’re missing are the other people that were present in the room. The owner of the studio, who said he didn’t hear anything or see anything. The way they leave the studio…no one is arguing with anyone else…the story is quite unusual. And I think that the FI knew that. I think the investigators knew that it was unusual and I think that’s why it took so long to make the arrest.”
4. FBI Agent Who Wrote Criminal Complaint Did Not Testify In Bond Hearing
Pooh Shiesty’s lawyer also criticized the FBI’s handling of the case, specifically targeting the agent who wrote the criminal complaint, Brittany Garcia. According to Cohen, the 4-year agent was present in the courtroom during the bond hearing but did not take the stand, which he found unusual. Instead, another agent testified about the complaint, which underlies the entire case.
“How about the individual who wrote the complaint, who actually drafted the complaint, who was sitting in the courtroom, whose only been an FBI agent for four years, does not take the stand. They put someone else on to say what she wrote in her own complaint, when… she’s sitting in the courtroom. And that’s done quite often in gamesmanship because they don’t want to put a rookie on the stand and be measured by our legal team.”
In response to a question about how far away a trial is, Bradford Cohen said, “Who knows?” He added that his team must review discovery and other case materials and file several motions. But, overall, the length of time it took the FBI to get arrest warrants gave him “great pause,” Cohen said.
See everything Bradford Cohen said following Pooh Shiesty’s bonding hearing.
