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Sean Combs Adds Young Thug’s Lawyer to Trial Team

Young Thug's lawyer, Brian Steel, filed paperwork to join Diddy's defense team Tuesday

In a new court filing Tuesday, Steel submitted his credentials and asked to be specially admitted as an out-of-state lawyer in Combs’ criminal case with just weeks to go before jury selection starts on May 5. Steel, a highly regarded attorney known for his impeccable courtroom demeanor, represented Young Thug, born Jeffery Williams, during the rapper’s nearly two-year trial related to his YSL gang and racketeering case in Atlanta. “Brian is a legend, especially after YSL,” fellow lawyer Douglas Weinstein, who represented Williams’ co-defendant Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick, tells Rolling Stone.

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