Shelby County prosecutors accused the brother of Yo Gotti, Big Jook, of ordering a $100,000 hit on the rapper during the trial against Justin Johnson for his alleged participation in the murder of rapper Young Dolph.
Shelby County Deputy District Attorney Paul Hagerman stated that Big Jook and Hernandez Govan invited Johnson to Atlanta with the promise of signing him with Yo Gotti’s CMG record label in exchange for carrying out the hit on Dolph; his real name was Adolf Thornton Jr.
Johnson’s attorney, Luke Evans, argued that his client was not responsible for Dolph’s death, disputing the evidence presented.
Evans said that the clothing items, such as a Bass Pro Shop that was seen in the surveillance footage, are not enough to link Johnson to the killing of Dolph.
Prosecutors tendered video as evidence that shows two men leaving a white Mercedes at Makeda’s Homemade Cookies, a place where Dolph was murdered.
Hagerman picked Johnson as one of the persons that fired the shot. Cornelius Smith, who was the second person in the surveillance footage, also faces a lot of charges.
District Attorney Steve Mulroy gave the signs that Govan and Smith may testify in the trial.