Federal prosecutors have sharpened their case in opposition to Eugene “Massive U” Henley with a slate of latest overt acts that depict him as a violent shot-caller who boasted about disciplining Nipsey Hussle and others, at the same time as he publicly branded himself a group mentor.
In a brand new superseding indictment, the federal government doesn’t accuse Massive U of enjoying any position in Hussle’s 2019 killing exterior the Marathon Clothes retailer in South Los Angeles.
That homicide was prosecuted in state courtroom, the place Eric Ronald Holder Jr. was convicted of first-degree homicide and later sentenced to 60 years to life in jail.
As a substitute, federal prosecutors say intercepted calls captured Massive U years later threatening to kill Nipsey Hussle and others and describing himself because the “hunter” of the Rollin’ 60s, rhetoric they body as a part of a racketeering sample of intimidation and management.
“On December 31, 2022, on an intercepted name, [Big U] stated that [he was] was “larger” than deceased rapper Nipsey Hussle, that [he] disciplined Nipsey Hussle, and that defendant [he] was “larger” than “another Rollin’ 60,” in keeping with Deputy Lawyer Normal, Todd Blanche.
“On January 1, 2023, on an intercepted name, defendant [Big U] stated that he was not beefing with Nipsey Hussle as a result of if anybody beefs with [Big U], “I’m a kill him. Interval. I. Am. Going. To. Homicide. Him.”
The superseding indictment’s new overt acts broaden far past the already detailed allegations a few Las Vegas studio artist’s homicide, dispensary robberies and extortion funds.
It provides a collection of recent overt acts that purpose to indicate Massive U and his associates utilizing concern to tighten their grip on Los Angeles streets and on rich shoppers.
In a single added episode, Massive U discusses disciplining a fellow Rollin’ 60s member recognized as “OG Crip Cuz,” claiming he had him overwhelmed for perceived disrespect and warning that he might have had him killed as an alternative.
In one other, he allegedly recounts a dispute involving Nipsey Hussle and different neighborhood figures, boasting that if issues had gone in another way, he “would’ve had an issue with any man” and “the difficulty would’ve been resolved, and he wouldn’t be right here, or I wouldn’t be right here,” a line prosecutors cite to indicate how Massive U linked his standing to life-or-death selections.
Extra new overt acts describe Massive U threatening to “mess up” a South L.A. enterprise after staff refused him a reduction and speaking about hanging out in rival Grape Avenue territory whereas saying he might “kill m############ daily.”
Prosecutors say he bragged about at all times having “two blowers,” aka weapons and having the ability to pay others to hold out assaults.
The feds say this illustrates how he allegedly blended direct violence with outsourced muscle.
The superseding indictment additionally provides element about contraband smuggling, accusing Massive U of arranging to get a cellphone right into a state jail after which promoting miniature telephones for $1,000 every, treating incarcerated individuals as one other income supply.
Collectively, the brand new acts are designed to deepen the narrative that he leveraged his Rollin’ 60s pedigree, podcasts and documentary appearances to challenge a picture of reform.
The feds say privately, he was invoking executions, beatings and armed enforcement to keep up what prosecutors name the “Massive U Enterprise’s” grip on Los Angeles.
For now, Nipsey Hussle’s demise stays solely a state case; in federal courtroom, Massive U faces no murder cost tied to the rapper, but.
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