Rapper T.I. will take the stand today in the murder trial of his former assistant and friend, Philant Johnson, who was shot and killed two years ago.
Johnson was murdered outside a Cincinnati nightclub, after an altercation inside Club Ritz, where T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) was holding an afterparty. According to several witnesses, the alleged gunmen were present at club Bogart’s where T.I. had performed earlier. Supposedly, T.I. threw money out into the audience during his act, and tensions mounted. Johnson was 26-years-old.
On Tuesday, jury visited the crime scene in Ohio. On Wednesday, the trial begin. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the primary suspect is a 35-year-old man name Hosea Thomas. Assistant Prosecutor Heather Gosselin said that Thomas was hit upside the head with a bottle at the afterparty, after he attempted to enter the V.I.P. area with the rapper’s entourage.
Prosecutors told jurors that Thomas and his 40-year-old brother Padron Thomas, started shooting at the two vans carrying T.I. and his entourage while they drove down Interstate 75.
Both Hosea and Padron were arrested in June. Padron has agreed to testify against his brother, for reduced charges of manslaughter as opposed to murder.
Hosea Thomas has been charged with murder, and seven counts of felonious assault.
UPDATE: Watch T.I.'s Full Testimony
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COOLBOY1 says:
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TI IS MY G AND HE AINT DO SHIT SO YA NIGGAS BETTER GET LAID AND STOP PULLIONG THOSE SHIT JUST TO GET MONEY OUT OF MY G AND IF YOU GUYS DONT KNOW YOU BETETR DO NOW (JOHN WAS TI'S HOMIE AND HE AINT GONNA DO SHIT TO HIM)
December 6, 2008 at 9:59 pm
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ganjaboy says:
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Check out the new reggae CD by T. Irie Dread. Not just some frat boys playing guitar. Real reggae. Your ears are safe. So check them out. T. Irie Dread
November 22, 2008 at 11:35 am