LeBron James generated controversy only a few days earlier than the 2024-2025 NBA common season begins. The basketball celebrity confronted backlash for celebrating Demetrius “Huge Meech” Flenory’s jail launch on Thursday (October 17).
“Welcome dwelling Huge Meech!!” LeBron James wrote on X (previously often known as Twitter).
Huge Meech, the co-founder of the infamous Black Mafia Household, was sentenced to 30 years in jail for drug trafficking and cash laundering in 2008. He was launched this week to complete serving his sentence at a midway home in Florida.
“He used his time in jail to deal with private development and transformation, and now he has the chance to start a brand new chapter,” Huge Meech’s lawyer Brittany Ok. Barnett mentioned in a press release. “He’s out, however thousands and thousands extra stay trapped inside — there’s nonetheless a lot work to be completed. We have to push for actual change, for a justice system that acknowledges the dignity and potential for redemption in each particular person.”
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Huge Meech and the Black Mafia Household have been well-known for his or her Hip-Hop ties throughout their heyday. Extra lately, 50 Cent uncovered Huge Meech’s life story to a wider viewers by producing the STARZ sequence BMF. Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. portrayed his father within the present.
In line with federal information, Huge Meech’s sentence is scheduled to finish on January 27, 2026. His brother Terry “Southwest T” Flenory’s launch date is August 17, 2025.
