Pooh Shiesty’s $700,000 private security proposal failed to persuade a federal judge, who ruled the rapper must remain jailed until his 2027 trial.
Shiesty’s defense put in a robust proposal for around the clock private security costing as much as $700,000 as he awaits trial in the high profile kidnapping and extortion case involving rapper Gucci Mane. Sheisty, whose legal name is Lontrell Williams, appeared in federal court in Dallas seeking bond for the second time. His legal team argued that strict supervision by a private security company would ensure he complied with any release conditions until his trial begins on Feb. 22, 2027.
Brandon Bess, chief investigator for Houston based PPI Security, testified that the company could provide protection and monitoring comparable to the level of security used for an attorney general. U.S. District Judge David Godbey declined to release Shiesty. Federal prosecutors argued the alleged offenses involving Gucci Mane took place while the rapper was serving supervised release following his conviction in a separate federal firearms conspiracy case. Williams pleaded guilty to that firearms charge in 2022 and was released to home confinement in Frisco, Texas, in October 2025.
According to prosecutors, just three months later Shiesty arranged what appeared to be a business meeting with Gucci Mane at a Dallas recording studio to discuss the terms of his recording agreement with The New 1017 Records. Court filings allege Shiesty invited Davis into a recording booth, pulled out an AK style firearm commonly known as a Draco and forced the Atlanta rap star to sign paperwork releasing him from his recording contract at gunpoint.