Attorney: Tekashi 6ix9ine innocent of racketeering charges
The defense attorney for Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine says his client is “completely innocent” of federal racketeering and firearms charges.
The rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, is among five people indicted this week on charges he was part of a deadly gang known as the 9 Trey Bloods.
The indictment alleges that 6ix9ine participated in the July shooting of a bystander in Brooklyn and the gunpoint robbery of one of the gang’s rivals last spring.
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