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Detective Claims Yella Beezy Bankrolled Mo3's Murder

Prosecution laying out the money trail in the Mo3 killing.

Detective Eric Barnes hit the witness stand this week to lay out the alleged financial connection between rapper Yella Beezy and Mo3's 2020 death. The testimony centers on Kewon White, who's being tried as the alleged triggerman in the Dallas rapper's murder.

This is the kind of testimony that can flip a whole trial—if a detective can connect the dots between who pulled the trigger and who paid for it, the case stops being about one person's actions and starts being about a conspiracy. Barnes's account of the money and communications is gonna be key to what the jury believes happened.

Mo3 was shot and killed in a highway incident back in 2020. The case has been moving through the system for years, and now we're seeing the prosecution's theory play out in real time. Whether the evidence holds up under cross-examination is another thing, but Barnes getting on that stand and tying financial threads is exactly how these kinds of cases get built.

The trial continues.


Read the full story at XXL → https://www.xxlmag.com/yella-beezy-payment-mo3-murder-detective-testimony/

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