Judge Accused Of Trying To Sway Case Tied To Meek Mill’s Friend

Earlier this week, Philadelphia choose Scott DiClaudio was named in a proper misconduct grievance. In it, he is accused of attempting to intrude in a case involving a good friend of Meek Mill‘s. The good friend of Meek, Dwayne Jones, is going through expenses associated to a deadly taking pictures.

The grievance towards DiClaudio was filed by the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board. In keeping with 6abc Philadelphia, it alleges that in June, Choose Zachary Shaffer and his legislation clerk visited him to purchase t-shirts from a restaurant owned by DiClaudio’s spouse. Allegedly, after the acquisition was full, DiClaudio gave Shaffer a bit of paper with Jones’ title on it alongside along with his courtroom quantity.

“I’ve heard you may do the suitable factor anyway,” he allegedly stated earlier than ripping the paper up. Shortly after the interplay, Shaffer informed court docket directors about what allegedly occurred. On the time, Jones was awaiting sentencing. The Courtroom of Judicial Self-discipline is predicted to decide about what penalties DiClaudio will face for his alleged misconduct within the coming weeks.

Whereas Meek Mill is not instantly linked to Jones’ case, he has handled authorized problems with his personal prior to now. When he was 19, the rapper was arrested in North Philadelphia and hit with gun and drug expenses. He pleaded responsible to a misdemeanor firearm cost in 2019, and the opposite expenses towards him have been formally dismissed.

“Meek free! I am not on probation no extra,” he declared exterior the courthouse. “I simply needed to come back up right here and thank all of the supporters, as a result of I do know y’all in all probability have members of the family in jail or individuals going by the identical factor as me. I’ll proceed to do what I do with the reform motion and assist the folks that assist me.”

As for what Meek is as much as lately, he lately took to social media to let his followers know that he is looking for $5 million. Reportedly, the cash would fund a few of his upcoming initiatives, together with an album, a guide, and a brief movie.