Kodak Black's lawyers have asked the courts not to put his client in jail.
NBC Miami is reporting that the rapper's legal representatives appeared alongside their client in a courthouse in South Florida on Tuesday (December 19) to ask the judge to place the "Wake Up in the Sky" rapper in a 90-day treatment program in Arizona.
According to the lawyers, Kodak became addicted to Percocet and Oxycodone while he was sitting in a Kentucky prison in 2020, and never got appropriate treatment for the addiction.
Though the prosecutor opposed the motion, the judge deferred a decision, choosing to let it be handled by the judge who will ultimately be hearing his case. For the moment, Kodak will remain behind bars in federal prison at FDC Miami.
Kodak Black's latest round of legal troubles began on December 7, when he was charged with cocaine possession and tampering with physical evidence as well as being improperly parked.
Four days later, he formally pleaded not guilty to the charges and has requested a trial by jury.
#KodakBlackTrial: Kodak Black entered a plea of “Not Guilty” to 3rd-Degree Felony of Possession of Cocaine, Tamper With or Fabricate, and Improper Stop/Stand/Park, and demanded a jury trial — according to filed documents on December 8 with Broward Clerk.
— Bryson “Boom” Paul (@brysonboompaul) December 10, 2023
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