BMF trial postponed - again
Trial moved back by two weeks.
A federal judge has pushed back the trial date for the alleged co-leaders of multistate cocaine enterprise the Black Mafia Family.
The trial is now scheduled to start two weeks later, on Nov. 19.
By postponing the trial, the judge ruled in favor of lawyers representing flashy hip-hop entrepreneur Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory. The lawyers were seeking more time to prepare. Though it’s been two years since Flenory was indicted, the government only recently released a large amount of evidence - including recorded phone calls that Flenory and his brother made from jail.
The Flenory brothers are accused of running BMF - an estimated $270 million cocaine ring with ties to the hip-hop industry - as a “continuing criminal enterprise,” a federal crime punishable with a mandatory life sentence.
The Flenorys and six of their 40 co-defendants are being tried in Detroit, where they allegedly birthed the organization before setting up hubs in Atlanta and L.A. The other defendants either have pleaded guilty - some in exchange for testifying against the organization - or are expected to plead guilty.