There’s a new development in Tekashi 6ix9ine case today. The rapper believes he is “at risk of dying behind bars due to an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus inside of New York’s prisons.”
Just yesterday, one of the co-defendants in the case was granted temporary release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tekashi 6ix9ine has been pleading with Judge Paul Engelmayer to let him out of prison, due to his high risk of contracting the coronavirus, because of his asthma. The judge initially denied his request.
The rapper is serving out his prison time in a private jail in Queens, and he is not an inmate with the Bureau Of Prisons, after serving as a cooperating witness for the government during his trial against the Nine Trey Bloods.
But the potential outbreak of the disease at the detention center housing the Brooklyn rapper currently has five inmates quarantined, who may have the deadly disease.
According to Page Six, in a letter today, Judge Paul Engelmayer said he wants to cut Tekashi loose from the Queens Detention Facility, a private prison run by the GEO group, because the rapper has asthma — putting him at greater risk to die from the coronavirus bug sweeping the nation.
He’s asked Judge Engelmayer to serve the rest of his sentence at home. The rapper could be released as early as 5 p.m. today.
