| As Rapper
Casanova Offers $2.5 Million from 13
Co-Signers For Freedom Quotes Here
By Matthew
Russell Lee,Exclusive Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 3 – Rapper Caswell Senior
or Casanova along with 17
others has been charged with
racketeering. Inner City
Press is covering this case -
including on January 2
Casanova's bail memo offering
$2.5 million below.
After Casanova's surrender and
detention, his retained lawyer
on January 2 put together and
submitted a package of
co-signers: "we propose that
Mr. Senior be released on a
bond in the amount of
$2,500,000.00 secured by the
five properties and thirteen
co-signors."
Now Inner
City Press is publishing more
from the memo: "From the memo:
"the US attached 2 photos of
Mr. Senior with gorilla
jewelry and posing next to a
painting of a gorilla. While
the US claims this is relevant
to an affiliation with the
other members of this group,
these postings are not
evidence of any criminality.
Inner City Press
@innercitypress · 14h "the
US's claim that co-defendant
Luster was overheard admitting
that Mr. Senior has called
upon him to provide
protection, and its
extrapolation that a reference
to “hammers” refers to
firearms, is likewise not
evidence of membership in the
alleged enterprise... Inner
City Press @innercitypress ·
14h "Mr. Senior was at a
restaurant eating. The victim
was using her phone to video
tape him. He asked her to stop
and she refused. The video
tape clearly shows that Mr.
Senior did not rob this young
lady... Inner City Press
@innercitypress · 14h "Caswell
Senior is 34 years of age and
was born in Brooklyn, New York
where he lived with his mother
and five siblings. He is a
lifelong resident of New York.
His father was not present
during his childhood.... Inner
City Press @innercitypress ·
14h "Mr. Senior created his
first hit, “Don’t Run” which
was later commercially
produced and launched Mr.
Senior’s career as a rap
artist. In June, 2016, Mr.
Senior released the official
video of “Don’t Run” and was
signed by JayZ’s record label
Roc Nation... Inner City Press
@innercitypress · 14h He was
"incarcerated from 2010 to
mid-2013 and has spent the
ensuing years pursuing music,
not participating in the
criminal enterprise alleged.
Mr. Senior has been in a
17-year relationship with
Jasmere Corbitt & has 2
children, who he has supported
since birth. Inner City Press
@innercitypress · 14h "The
total equity in the properties
being posted is $1,103,669
& the salaries of
co-signors combined is
$1,266,145. These individuals
are placing their future &
financial stability on the
line with this bond, yet they
do so with an abiding faith in
their friend Inner City Press
@innercitypress Replying
to @innercitypress "It
is submitted that there exist
reasonable conditions of
release sufficient to assure
Mr. Senior’s compliance with a
bond. As such, it is
respectfully requested that
the Court grant Mr. Senior’s
pre-trial release in this
matter."
More on Patreon,
including the complete filing,
here.
Readers may
remember that the Barclays
Center shooting that #6ix9ine
and his co-defendants were
charged with involved or
targeted Casanova. Inner City
Press tweeted video here.
The US Attorney's
Office put in its December 3
memo, as first reported by
Inner City Press: "Caswell
Senior, a/k/a 'Casanova'
Senior is a rapper of some
notoriety. Using his public
platform, he has amplified the
message of the gang—both
through his music and his
social media profiles. For
example, he appeared on a gang
anthem this summer, 'Big Ape,'
which has garnered over 1.8
million views on YouTube since
June.
Senior has
closely coordinated his
artistic endeavors to benefit
the gang.... In public
interviews, he has admitted to
stabbing inmates while
incarcerated on those charges.
And the Government has
recovered photos from his
iCloud account of several
firearms, demonstrating his
continued access to weapons.
In addition to publicly
promoting the gang and
glorifying its activies,
Senior is also a drug supplier
for Gorilla Stone.
Through
direct Instagram messages and
iMessages, obtained through
search warrants, the
Government has learned that
Senior uses gang members,
including both Naya Austin and
Brandon Soto, a/k/a “Stacks,”
to sell drugs throughout New
York. Austin, as described
above, and Soto, as described
directly below, are two of the
gang’s most violent members
and prolific drug dealers.
Senior faces a mandatory
minimum sentence of 15 years
in prison and—because of his
prior violent felony
convictions—is a Career
Offender under the Guidelines.
Senior is charged
in the following counts:
Count One (Racketeering
Conspiracy);
Count Thirteen
(Narcotics Conspiracy); and
Count Fourteen (Possession of
Firearms in Furtherance of
Narcotics Conspiracy and
Aiding and Abetting the Same)
Given that
Kooda B / Kintea McKinzie's
music videos, with red
bandanas, were used against
him, Inner City Press wonders
what may be cited in this
case.
The case is US v.
Reid, et al., 20-cr-626
(Halpern).
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