Eugene “Big U” Henley’s federal RICO case has taken a dramatic turn, as his co-defendants push to delay their upcoming trial, and in doing so, expose just how much evidence prosecutors have stacked against them.
According to a new court filing, the government has gathered an enormous amount of material on the music manager and six others. Prosecutors cite “20,000 intercepted audio calls, as well as numerous surreptitious audio and video recordings.” Along with that, there’s a trove of “law enforcement reports, search warrants and returns, criminal history documents, recordings, and photographs” totaling roughly 60 gigabytes of evidence.
Many defense attorneys are juggling overlapping cases, with some scheduled for trial around the May 20th, 2025, start date. To give all parties a fair chance to prepare, both the co-defendants and the prosecution are urging the court to push the trial to May 4th, 2026.
One man isn’t on board: Big U himself. Even though his attorney has another trial beginning just one day earlier, Henley insists on sticking to the original schedule.
The presiding judge, A. Joel Richlin, has not ruled on the motion.
Henley is accused of leading a criminal network tied to the Rollin’ 60s Crips and faces charges involving murder, assault, and extortion dating back to 2010. In a 2023 wiretapped call, he allegedly said: “I’ll pull up on your block right now, n***a…what happened to the last niggas that thought I was retired.”
Henley denies all charges.
