Exclusive: Remy Ma's Lawyer Says Prosecution Lacks DNA Evidence
Feb 11,2008 00:00
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Remy Ma's defense attorney revealed to today that DNA evidence prosecutors had been banking on in her assault case can not be found.As previously reported Remy is accused of shooting former friend Makeda Barnes-Joseph twice in the abdomen last year. Remy maintains her innocence in the crime.
Barnes-Joseph was shot last July outside a New York club after attending a mutual friend's party with Remy. The incident was allegedly sparked when Remy discovered $2,000 missing from her purse and accused the victim of stealing the money.
Prosecutors scoured the victim's car for evidence pointing to Remy in the shooting but the blood evidence that came back was useless to their case, according to the rapper's lawyer.
"They were looking in the victim's car for evidence of blood," Remy's lawyer Ivan Fisher told exclusively. "Now I ask you, since my client wasn't shot and the victim was, whose blood do you think it was? As long as the prosecution keeps thinking like this, we might win this case."
In addition to Remy's criminal case, the shooting victim has Rem on the hook for $80 million in a civil lawsuit naming the rapper, Universal Music Group and others who play a major role in Rem's career.
The biggest hurdle Rem will face in the criminal case, regardless as to what parts of Barnes-Joseph's allegations are true or untrue, is the fact that the victim was actually shot.
"The fact is, Barnes did get shot and that's the biggest obstacle," Fishcer said. "If you sorted through the case and selected the biggest problem, that's it. How did she get shot, why did she get shot, who shot her, with what gun, whose gun ... that's what we plan to vigorously address in this case."
But there was an actual altercation of some sort between Remy and Barnes-Joseph.
"I don't wanna comment on how the altercation between them occurred," he said. "The issue actually didn't arise until Remy got out of the club and got to the parking garage and realized she was missing money."
Fisher wouldn't speak on his defense strategy for Rem, but said his outlook on the case is "very positive."
"We're very anxious to get this case to trial," he explained. "We're grateful the judge is gonna set a date in the very near future and we look forward to vindication."
As of press time no exact date has been determined for Remy's trial but it has been tentatively scheduled for Feb 25. Besides the assault charge, Rem has also been hit with witness intimidation and gang assault charges, in an incident that happened after the shooting.
Stay tuned to as the story develops.