Real Boston Richey has been granted pretrial release conditions that will allow him to tour ahead of his retrial next year, but he won’t be allowed to drink while on the road.
Earlier this month, the rapper asked a judge to allow him to tour this fall in light of the federal drug charges retrial getting pushed back to January 2026. On Friday (October 3), the motion to modify the conditions of his pretrial release was granted.
“Defendant’s pretrial release conditions are modified to authorize defendant to travel for the requested performances subject to the qualifications,” reads the order granting his motion.
Per the documents, he must obtain written approval before each performance, adhere to his already existing curfew with the exception of approved performances and travel to and from them, and not consume any alcohol while traveling for said performances.
In the motion filed earlier this month, his legal team highlighted that he’s already complied with the rules of his release so far. He’s received multiple requests to perform outside of the North District of Florida, where he is legally required to remain unless he has written permission. The places he has shows preemptively booked include Lansing, MI, Detroit, MI, Lafayette LA, Birmingham, AL, Atlanta, GA, Norfolk, VA, Raleigh, NC, St. Louis, MO, Chicago, IL, and Hattiesburg, MS. His legal team estimated his earnings from these shows, which would take place between Oct. 14 to Nov. 1, would be approximately $367,500.
Last month, his federal drug charge retrial got pushed to Jan. 27 from Sept. 29. The lead prosecutor reported that they were sick when the retrial was originally scheduled to kick off. Defense lawyers did not object to the change. In August, he was found not guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense. He will be facing a retrial for a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana.
Last year, Complex spoke with REFORM Alliance's chief policy officer Erin Haney about the often-arcane conditions people in the criminal justice system are subject to. She talked about how restrictions on alcohol use are often imposed, whether or not alcohol had anything to do with the defendant's alleged or proven crimes.
"If I'm a defendant who has multiple convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol, then maybe saying you can't be in a bar or around alcohol makes sense," she explained. "But if I'm a defendant whose crime didn’t have anything to do with alcohol, and whose brother and roommate work in a bar, the idea that that condition applies equally to me, and impacts whether or not I remain in the community or get locked up, just isn't logical. It doesn't serve any purpose to make us safer."
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