Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons is asking a Broward judge for permission to change lawyers, blaming prosecutors for forcing his hand by investigating a prominent member of his outgoing defense team.

Melly, the rapper facing retrial on two counts of first-degree murder, has been under pressure for most of the year to ditch his defense team after it was revealed that prosecutors were investigating whether attorney Raven Liberty crossed legal and ethical lines by allegedly engaging in witness tampering on her client’s behalf.

No charges have been filed, and Melly stuck with his legal team until earlier this month, when the trial was pushed into 2027.

“The state has been unwilling to share any information as to the nature of the investigation” into Liberty, the outgoing attorneys wrote in a mot

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