*Cardi B’s bestie Star Brim has been indicted by the federal government on RICO charges for her involvement with the 59 Brims street gang, a subset of the Bloods that operates in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx.
Via Complex:
Prosecutors have accused Star Brim—legal name Yonette Respass—and 10 other alleged 59 Brim members of conducting violent, illegal activity between January 2012 and December 2019. Respass is being charged with conspiracy to commit assault in-aid-of racketeering. Legal documents detail the alleged crimes committed by the defendants, including an August 2018 assault that occurred at Angels night club in Flushing, Queens.
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The feds claim Brim orchestrated an attack against two sisters who worked as bartenders at a New York strip club because they “disrespected” Cardi B.
Star Brim, who was behind bars at the time, allegedly told subordinates, “I want hands put on them. I don’t even want no talking.”
In August, Cardi and members of the 59 Brims gang showed up to the strip club to confront the bartenders over accusations that one of them banging Cardi’s husband, Offset.
Cardi did not participate in the attack, but police say surveillance footage from inside the club captured her crew throwing chairs and bottles at the women, who sustained serious injuries.
The “Money” rapper was ultimately charged with two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of assault in connection to the attack. She pleaded not guilty to all charges last summer.
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Brim and the other defendants are also accused of conspiring to murder members of a rival gang, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and unlawful use of firearms for drug trafficking purposes.
“These violent street gangs simply want to make money with as little effort as possible, which is why they’re venturing into unique criminal territory for gangs such as credit card fraud while maintaining their tried and true drug trafficking and murder activity,” William F. Sweeney, Jr., FBI assistant director-in-charge, said in a statement Tuesday. “The work our FBI New York Metro Safe Streets Task Force is doing is extremely important to the communities where these gangs are terrorizing people. Those people don’t deserve to fear bullets flying by their homes while they sleep, or seeing people killed in the streets. They deserve peaceful neighborhoods and safe places to live.”
As reported by Sandra Rose, Brim, who is currently pregnant, faces up to 50 years in federal prison.
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