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Meek Mill appeals sentence, asks city judge Brinkley to step down
full article from Nov 14,2017 is in the link ,BUT..here is the end of the article.
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Mill’s lawyers contend that Brinkley also demonstrated a personal bias involving Mill in a private in-chambers meeting during a Feb. 5, 2016, probation-violation hearing.
At that hearing, Mill’s then-attorney Frank DeSimone told Brinkley that Mill wanted to discuss his experiences performing community service but “would feel more comfortable relaying some of his thoughts and experiences” to the judge in private.
The transcript of that private meeting was sealed at the request of Mill and DeSimone.
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Judge Genece E. Brinkley, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. MICHAEL BRYANT/Staff photographer.
But Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Mill based in New York City – who was not in the private meeting – has said Brinkley asked Mill last year to record a version of a Boyz II Men ballad, “On Bended Knee,” and to mention the judge in it.
Tacopina said Mill laughed off the request and told Brinkley: “I can’t do that. It’s not my music. I don’t sing that stuff. And I don’t do, like, you know, shout-outs to people in my songs.”
Brinkley replied, “’OK, suit yourself,’” according to Tacopina.
Tacopina also alleged that Brinkley asked Mill to drop his current management, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, and to return to Philadelphia-based Charles “Charlie Mack” Alston, who worked with Mill early in his career.
Mack was among about 50 persons to offer support to Mill during an Aug. 18, 2014, probation violation hearing before Brinkley.
In a related development Tuesday, authorities dismissed a New York Post internet report that the FBI was investigating Brinkley’s role in recommending Mill return to Mack’s management. An FBI spokeswoman in Philadelphia said that, per Justice Department policies, her office could not confirm nor deny the existence of any investigation. However, a federal law enforcement official in the city said that he was not aware of any active probe into the matter.
McMonagle on Tuesday declined to comment on the report of an FBI probe.
Mill’s appeal also renews his request to gain access — but not to unseal — the transcript of that private Feb. 5, 2016, meeting with Brinkley to establish a factual basis for the recusal motion. Mill’s lawyers made the same request last year but, according to court records, Brinkley denied the request unless the transcript was made available to the public. Mill’s lawyers tried appealing to Superior Court but backed off the request, which the appeals court ultimately rejected.
Staff writer Jeremy Roebuck contributed to this article.
full article from Nov 14,2017 is in the link ,BUT..here is the end of the article.
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Mill’s lawyers contend that Brinkley also demonstrated a personal bias involving Mill in a private in-chambers meeting during a Feb. 5, 2016, probation-violation hearing.
At that hearing, Mill’s then-attorney Frank DeSimone told Brinkley that Mill wanted to discuss his experiences performing community service but “would feel more comfortable relaying some of his thoughts and experiences” to the judge in private.
The transcript of that private meeting was sealed at the request of Mill and DeSimone.
Judge Genece E. Brinkley, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. MICHAEL BRYANT/Staff photographer.
But Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Mill based in New York City – who was not in the private meeting – has said Brinkley asked Mill last year to record a version of a Boyz II Men ballad, “On Bended Knee,” and to mention the judge in it.
Tacopina said Mill laughed off the request and told Brinkley: “I can’t do that. It’s not my music. I don’t sing that stuff. And I don’t do, like, you know, shout-outs to people in my songs.”
Brinkley replied, “’OK, suit yourself,’” according to Tacopina.
Tacopina also alleged that Brinkley asked Mill to drop his current management, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, and to return to Philadelphia-based Charles “Charlie Mack” Alston, who worked with Mill early in his career.
Mack was among about 50 persons to offer support to Mill during an Aug. 18, 2014, probation violation hearing before Brinkley.
In a related development Tuesday, authorities dismissed a New York Post internet report that the FBI was investigating Brinkley’s role in recommending Mill return to Mack’s management. An FBI spokeswoman in Philadelphia said that, per Justice Department policies, her office could not confirm nor deny the existence of any investigation. However, a federal law enforcement official in the city said that he was not aware of any active probe into the matter.
McMonagle on Tuesday declined to comment on the report of an FBI probe.
Mill’s appeal also renews his request to gain access — but not to unseal — the transcript of that private Feb. 5, 2016, meeting with Brinkley to establish a factual basis for the recusal motion. Mill’s lawyers made the same request last year but, according to court records, Brinkley denied the request unless the transcript was made available to the public. Mill’s lawyers tried appealing to Superior Court but backed off the request, which the appeals court ultimately rejected.
Staff writer Jeremy Roebuck contributed to this article.
