*Judge Genece Brinkley became a household name in the urban communities this week when she sentenced Meek Mill to two to four years in prison for a number of parole violations.
“I’ve been trying to help you since 2009,” Judge Brinkley told Meek Mill during the proceedings. “You basically thumbed your nose at me.”
Following the sentence, Mill’s lawyer Joe Tacopina has been telling any reporter who will listen that he will petition to remove the judge from the appeal case due to her misconduct.
Tacopina told TMZ that in 2016, Judge Brinkley asked Meek Mill to remake a Boyz II Men song and shout her out. He also shared with Billboard that the judge requested that the rapper leave Roc Nation and sign to her friend’s management company.
Speaking to The FADER, Tacopina detailed his accusations of misconduct against the judge and said that his team will be requesting that she be recused from the upcoming appeals process.
“Based on her conduct over the years, we knew there was an issue,” Tacopina said. “His probation was supposed to end in 2013, and here it is, nearly 2018, and he’s still on probation for technical violations, travel violations — just doing work, which nobody gets violated for. It’s allowed her to extend her control over him for another five years.”
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via The FADER:
“When asked if there were any witnesses to Judge Brinkley’s remarks, Tacopina said that Nicki Minaj was present in the justice’s private chambers when Brinkley allegedly asked Meek Mill to remake Boyz II Men’s “On Bended Knee.” The exchange allegedly happened in February 2016, when Brinkley sentenced Meek to 90 days of house arrest for violating his parole by traveling without pre-approval.”
A courtroom report notes that Brinkley paused the proceedings to ask Meek and Nicki to come back to her chambers to speak in private.
“Nicki Minaj, who testified on Meek’s behalf in December, came with Meek to court today. Minaj did not speak but was asked by the judge whether or not she would still be willing to support him. She said yes and she and Meek were then taken to a private room by the judge,” the report reads.
Tacopina confirmed that these incidences of alleged misconduct by the judge would be used in Meek’s case for appeal. His team of lawyers have begun the initial process to file an appeal and will ask the court to “recuse [Judge Brinkley] from any consideration in this case.”
With regards to Nicki Minaj being involved in the appeal case, Tacopina said, “We have no need to call any witness at this time and that is not always required in appeals but we will do whatever we need to do to make sure this perversion of justice is corrected.”
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