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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office is facing another scandal.
Text messages produced in court demonstrate that while working on a case, an investigator for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s office made advances on a witness.
While the RICO trial for Young Slime Life (YSL) against rapper Young Thug (real name Jeffrey Williams) and several co-defendants proceeded on Monday, additional information regarding the actions of an investigator working for Willis’ office surfaced. During Williams’s cross-examination of a female witness known only as A. Bennett, the witness’s lawyer questioned her regarding messages she had received from Hamilton, the county investigator.
Among the text messages was one from Hamilton that read: “Hit me up if you’re bored later. We’re not gonna talk shop.” Asked what it was the investigator wanted to talk to her about, Bennett told attorney Keith Adams that Hamilton wanted to discuss going out on “a date” with her.
“And this is February 7 of 2024, this year, when the investigator for the DA’s office is supposed to be talking to you about a case, but in fact, is calling you talking about going on a date. Is that true?” Adams asked the witness.
“Yes,” she replied.
Bennett also testified that Hamilton had called her “mama” several times.
In a text message that was shown to the court, the investigator had texted the witness, “G[ood] m[orning] Mama. Hope you slept well. Again don’t come at 1:30. I have a feeling the defense will keep this same witness from yesterday all day again today. I’ll give you an update at 3pm. You will most likely go up tomorrow morning. I’ll talk 2 u soon.”
Newsweek reported: “Bennett is testifying in the case about a robbery that Williams and two others allegedly committed in 2013. Williams and 27 others were indicted in a sweeping RICO case by Willis in May 2022. The district attorney is accusing Williams of being the kingpin of Young Slime Life, an Atlanta-based street gang affiliated with the notorious national Bloods gang.”
“The YSL trial has been underway since November and is expected to go well into 2024. Monday marks the 54th day of the trial. Monday’s text messages are the latest details in the sexual harassment allegations being raised by Williams’ defense team,” the outlet added.
Bennett testified before the court last month that Hamilton had harassed her sexually and had once told her he wanted to “take her out when the investigation was over.”
She explained that the investigator had wanted to discuss the case with her alone at a restaurant, but she didn’t feel comfortable going alone, so she ended up bringing her 2-year-old son along.
Adams asked Bennett: “Did the fact that this employee of the district attorney’s office was trying to date you come into your mind as you were thinking about whether you would be coming in and testifying or not?”
“Yes,” she responded.
Bennett further stated in her Monday testimony that Adriane Love, the chief deputy district attorney, and other members of Willis’ staff unnerved her. She claimed that even after informing the district attorney’s office that she had nothing further to say regarding the purported robbery, they still harassed her.
Last month, Love’s attorneys attempted to have her removed from the case on the grounds that she had “voluntarily and continuously” inserted herself into the case, thereby making herself a witness.
The presiding judge in the case decided last week not to disqualify Love.
Willis has also made national headlines in her case against former President Donald Trump and other co-defendants.
