Kodak Black would have his attorney, Bradford Cohen, to thank after the rapper was released from prison on the night of Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
Even though Kodak pleaded guilty to one count of failure to report police contact, Judge Jose Martinez dismissed all other counts, and with time served, he was released.
Prior to the release, Cohen wrote on Instagram: “Federal Probation terminated with time served. In the Southern District of Florida Judge Martinez dismissed all substantive counts and Kodak plead to sole violation of failure to report police contact. Time served and he should be released by tonight. With my co-counsel @skywriter.esq @kodakblack.”
In an unexpected twist immediately Kodak Black walked out of Broward County jail on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, and he quickly got aggressive when a Local 10 News team accosted him.
The 26-year-old rapper threatened to punch Reporter Rosh Lowe and threw rocks at Photojournalist Bryan Murphy.
Related stories
One of the rocks that the rapper picked up from the ground and threw while outside of the Broward main jail hit Murphy in the ribs.
Per available reports, the police originally planned to charge the artiste with cocaine possession after arresting him in December 2023, when they found a “white chunky substance” in his vehicle.
His probation was however violated when he was eventually charged with possession of oxycodone. This compelled Cohen to quickly come forward and argue that Kodak had a prescription for the painkillers. He added that the arresting officer substantially misrepresented his observations but went ahead to file the charges.
Earlier in February, the judge, Barbara Duffy, admitted during a hearing that prosecutors failed to refute or negate the material fact that the defendant had an oxycodone prescription filled by a pharmacy.
The report of Kodak’s release may come as a surprise to many because, a month ago, the possibility looked bleak. Before the announcement of his release, it was reported that court documents showed that a final hearing to address the revocation of Black’s supervised release was held in court on Monday. There, Judge Jose E. Martinez decided that he would need another four weeks to come to a decision.
Even before that, Cohen had filed a motion asking a Florida judge to dismiss the charges.
Kodak had been put on probation at the time of his arrest, after former United States president, Donald Trump, had commuted his sentence in 2021.