L.A. gang boss Big U, who has been recognized in the past for his anti-gang work, is now summoning none other than former President Donald Trump in an evident attempt to avoid some serious federal charges.
Now behind bars with a mountain of RICO charges dominating over him, Big U is in the process of not guilty at the helm of what federal prosecutors describe as a violent criminal enterprise with deep ties to the infamous Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips.
For the feds, Big U wasn’t a player but was said to be the so-called kingpin of the “Big U Enterprise,” which allegedly operated much like the mafia, ruling with a combination of intimidation, extortion, and, in some instances, murder.
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But in a strange turn, prosecutors now claim Big U has been telling other inmates that he’s got the ultimate authority up his sleeve: Donald Trump.
While locked up, Henley allegedly called the former Commander-in-Chief “the orange man.” The press release says Henley (Big U) also bragged about how he could convince Trump to intervene to dismiss the RICO claims. U.S. Attorney Bilal A. Essayli made the accusation, saying the purported gang chief is mocking and capitalizing on a politician who is out of office yet remains popular with flocks of people.
It may sound outrageous, but this case already has an overflow of larger-than-life allegations. Big U is being accused not only of racketeering but of murder, armed robbery, embezzlement, wire fraud, and now fraud tied to COVID-19 relief funds. He is accused by authorities of having turned his nonprofit, Developing Options, a group that was once applauded for its anti-gang mission, into a front for illegal activity, laundering cash into his accounts, submitting false information on pandemic relief applications to support his record label, Uneek Music.
Perhaps the most chilling claims of all? That Big U had instructed the killing of the up-and-coming rapper Rayshawn Williams in 2021, apparently in a dispute over a diss track and a lack of music output. And when a dispensary proprietor declined to pay “protection money”? He put armed men in to make a violent point, prosecutors said.
Despite all this, even when Big U is in custody, he allegedly works the angles, meddles with evidence, intimidates witnesses, and seeks to enlist celebrities to help repair his public image.
Prosecutors aren’t buying it, and they say that Henley (Big U) is still dangerous, pointing to his ongoing attempts to influence public opinion and intimidate from behind bars.
So, does Big U have the ex-president on speed dial? Or is this just another distress call from a man with everything to lose? Either way, the real-life courtroom drama is only beginning, and we are all watching.
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