According to pitchfork.com, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville, who had originally been overseeing the alleged racketeering and gang conspiracy trial against Young Thug and five associates in Atlanta, Georgia, has been removed from serving on the case. Lawyers for defendants Thug and Deamonte Kendrick filed motions, claiming that Glanville had allegedly held a secret meeting with prosecutors and key witness Kenneth Copeland to allegedly pressure him to testify, which attorneys argued was allegedly improper and allegedly unconstitutional.

In response, Glanville had paused the case indefinitely at the start of July and Judge Rachel Krause has now ruled that, while Glanville allegedly discussed nothing improper during that alleged meeting and the court believes he could still preside over the case fairly, the alleged meeting should have been held in public and Glanville should be excused to preserve “the public’s confidence in the judicial system.”

In the alleged order, the Superior Court allegedly stated that all judges must disclose information in a “dispassionate and non-argumentative” way to avoid appearing biased. “In presenting his record as to the recusal issues and in ruling on Kendrick’s motion, Judge Glanville evaluated and accepted the truth of his own factual allegations, mandating his recusal.” The Fulton Clerk of Court has confirmed that Judge Shukura Ingram has been assigned the case in Glanville’s place.