Johnny Depp's Lawyer Reacts to Young Thug's Attorney Getting Thrown in Jail

Judge Ural Glanville, the judge overseeing the RICO trial against rapper Young Thug in Atlanta, is getting a lot of blowback from the legal community after he ordered defense attorney Brian Steel to be held in criminal contempt. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber asked Ben Chew, the famed attorney who represented Johnny Depp during his defamation trial, for his opinion on the latest uproar in the trial.

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[jfh]

- You have 5 minutes
- I don't need 5 minutes I'm not going to tell you.

That lawyer is a legend.

[shannon]

I honestly do not feel Mr. Steel was being disrespectful. He was reacting as he should. The judge should recuse himself. He's an unprofessional tyrant.

[Steve-eced]

A lawyer thats willing to go to jail on behalf of their client is an OG.

[tobin]

Judge needs to be removed immediately. He’s a world-class knucklehead.

[gbird]

If you don't rat on who ratted on me, i'll lock you up

[jimtussing]

Judge: “If you don’t tell me what you know about what I didn’t tell you about I’ll hold you in contempt.”
Steele: “…this honorable court…excuse me let me rephrase…this court…”

Blessed.

[rw]

Imagine saying to your husband, I heard you cheating on me, and instead of him addressing that and saying no it's not true, he says to you "Who told you that" and never speaks on the real issue

[FancyPants_RN]

Not only is Judge Glanvill out of line, it's VERY CONCERNING as he is the chief judge for Fulton County.

[Salty-cracker]

I love that other attorneys came to his rescue. This judge’s ego is too big for his robe

[notnek]

This is why we need cameras in the court room

[jallen]

Mr Steele was not being disrespectful. He was standing his ground and protecting his client.

[dawnydoob]

9:57 The judge just admitted that the State asked him to have the meeting in secret!

[matthewmarshall]

Mr. Steel has been rightly praised for standing up for his client so zealously, but he also deserves praise for protecting the source from retribution. If this "judge" is willing to imprison defense counsel for his unethical conduct, imagine how much retribution he might pour out on the source behind the scenes.

[Wayo]

“ I’ll give you 5 minutes to tell me who told you “..”you don’t have to” gangsta 😎

[txyseus]

“This honorable court, let me rephrase it. This court “ Steel 2024

[arnoldlueders]

As an attorney of 30 years, I am astonished when I hear your guests speak on how outwardly it appears as if he's a fantastic attorney, but then when you listen to his answers they are very elementary at best. Everything to him is splitting the baby in half. A typical civil child attorney. Where is the advocating for the client? Without question? You cannot as a judge. Have an ex parte meeting with a witness that is sworn in in a criminal trial and intimidate that person and threaten them with jail time. Everything else that happened is the fruit of the poisonous tree. It doesn't matter how the information got out. This is an instant mistrial and this judge should be removed as a judge. This is so outrageous that this judge should likely be disbarred. How this attorney as your guest doesn't clearly see this position seems to indicate he doesn't really know what he's talking about.

[janlefebvre]

Judge is way out of line. He's a joke.

[jodypruitt]

Judge says how did you find out I broke the law lol😂

[charlyduck]

These freaking judges are out of control.

[adamwood]

Mr. Steal is a living legend when the judge said, give me a name or your in contempt, the living legend basically said Ok put me in with my client. Not many other attorneys would be willing to go to jail for the client.