In a case that has dragged the chaotic, often violent, underbelly of the modern rap industry into the sterile light of the courtroom, the legal noose is tightening with terrifying speed.

The civil lawsuit filed by the families of murdered aspiring artists Anthony “YNW SakChaser” Williams and Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas Jr. has now unearthed a devastating new layer of evidence—not through a surprise witness, but through the shocking, self-inflicted legal implosion of YNW Melly’s own manager, Hunter K. Track (Damison Francois).

A newly released deposition transcript reveals a startling pattern of evasion and self-incrimination that threatens to single-handedly hand a multimillion-dollar judgment to the victims’ families.

Confronted with bank records, prior police statements, and irrefutable timelines of suspicious post-murder activity, Track repeatedly asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to answer dozens of critical questions.

In a criminal case, this silence is legally protected; in a civil case, it acts as a loaded gun, allowing a jury to infer guilt and liability for the wrongful deaths. The manager’s silence, once a shield, is now a weapon being turned against him, potentially making him a financial scapegoat for a catastrophic double homicide.

The Cold Wall of Silence and the Price of Evasion

Hunter K. Track, known in the music industry as Melly’s right-hand man, entered the civil deposition as a hostile witness. The plaintiff’s lawyer, representing the grieving families, wasted no time in presenting an avalanche of damning, fact-based questions, only to be met with a cold, repetitive legal mantra: “assert.”

The sheer volume of questions met with the Fifth Amendment is staggering. Track asserted his right against self-incrimination when asked about:

Whether he was paying lawyers for anyone besides YNW Melly.
The ownership of the YNW brand and rumored financial debts owed to the victims (allegedly up to $200,000).
If Melly was in the field looking for the gun.
Whether he, Track, had provided any security to SakChaser upon learning the victim feared for his life.

In the civil court system, this sustained evasion is lethal. The lawyer made the consequences explicit: “You also understand that your deposition here today can be used in the civil case, meaning every time that you pled the Fifth, we can present that to a jury and ask the jury to hold it against you when they render the verdict, in which case I’ll be asking for many millions of dollars.”

Track’s refusal to speak, while designed to protect him from criminal jeopardy, simultaneously hands the civil jury a clear roadmap to conclude that he was involved in covering up the murders, thereby subjecting him to the crushing financial fallout.

The music manager who once toured the talk show circuit after Melly’s arrest, assuring the world of his artist’s innocence, is now reduced to a figure of profound suspicion, his past openness replaced by a terrified legal retreat.

The Bloody Trail: Gun Retrieval and the Cover-Up Blueprint

Perhaps the most damning evidence presented in the deposition was the manager’s own prior admission to law enforcement regarding his activities in the hours immediately following the October 2018 slayings.

The lawyer pressed Track about an interview with police where he had previously admitted to being part of a group that went to a field where the weapon was found. He was asked directly: “You told the police that Courtland Henry was at the field looking for the gun, correct?” He asserted the Fifth. “You told the police that Jamal Demons [YNW Melly] was in the field looking for the gun, correct?” Again, he asserted the Fifth.

The questioning framed a chilling narrative: If Melly was not at the scene of the shooting—as his defense claims—how would he know where the murder weapon was located, warranting a trip to the field to search for it? This line of questioning strongly implies that the manager, along with Melly, was involved in an orchestrated effort to retrieve and dispose of the evidence. When asked directly: “Why don’t you take the gun linked to a double homicide to the police?” and “Where’s the gun today?”, Track’s only response was to invoke his constitutional right.

This sequence establishes a clear link between the manager, the murder weapon, and the desperate attempt to conceal it.

The Smoking Gun: Storage Sheds and Fresh Paint

The trail of suspicious activity continued to haunt Track, reaching back to irrefutable financial evidence that surfaced days after the killings. The lawyer presented bank records showing that Hunter K. Track had purchased a storage unit and hired a painter (Easana Lee) the very day after the murders.

The lawyer drove the point home, asking the obvious question: “Why would a storage shed be rented on the day of the murder?” and “Do you know what would have been needed to be painted the day after Mr. Thomas and Mr. Owens were murdered?”

Track’s response to both questions was the same: assertion of his Fifth Amendment right.

The implication is stark: the manager rented a storage unit to move items connected to the crime—perhaps from the home of YNW Melly and the other individuals involved, who allegedly “emptied out” the YNW house shortly after the deaths—and hired a painter to cover up or alter evidence at a location tied to the murder. This documented, post-fact behavior acts as compelling evidence of civil conspiracy and obstruction of justice, entirely separate from the act of murder itself.

Hush Money, Witness Tampering, and Chilling Fear

The most explosive segment of the deposition centered on allegations of financial payouts to the victims’ families and a stunning admission of fear by Track himself.

The lawyer confronted Track with the fact that money was paid to Juvy’s mother, Miss Phillips, after the murder. The lawyer asked: “Why was money paid to Miss Phillips?” and “Whose decision was it to pay Phillips?” Track asserted the Fifth on both. The lawyer then asked if the owner of 300 Entertainment, Kevin Lyles, authorized the payments, suggesting a coordinated cover-up involving the major record label.

Furthermore, the lawyer pressed the manager on allegations of witness tampering, asking if Track had called the lawyer to drop the case because of these payments to Miss Phillips, and asking directly: “Are you aware of being investigated for witness tampering?” Track’s silence on these points is profoundly damaging.

The deposition also revealed Track’s own terrifying statement to police in 2019: “I don’t look at Melly as a murderer, especially now with no Sack and Juvy… because if he could kill Sack and Juvy, that mean he could kill me and my wife.” When asked if he feared for his own health or murder by Melly, Track asserted the Fifth.

This prior, fearful testimony—now introduced in civil court—shreds any pretense of his impartiality or confidence in Melly’s innocence, painting a picture of a man terrorized into cooperation.

The Inevitable Verdict

The civil case against YNW Melly, Track, and others involved in the YNW camp is fundamentally different from the criminal trial. While Melly’s criminal fate remains undetermined, the case against his manager in civil court now appears all but settled.

The lawyer explicitly warned Track that the jury would hear every single refusal to answer: “do you also understand that your deposition here today can be used in the civil case, meaning every time that you pled the Fifth, we can present that to a jury and ask the jury to hold it against you when they render the verdict…”

In civil court, a jury is permitted to infer from Track’s silence that the answers would have been unfavorable to him—meaning they can conclude that he was involved in retrieving the murder weapon, that he did rent the storage unit for a cover-up, and that he was involved in conspiracy.

Hunter K. Track’s disastrous deposition has given the victims’ families a powerful legal weapon. His strategic silence, intended to save him from criminal conviction, has virtually guaranteed that he will be held liable in the civil court for his role in the catastrophic events, ensuring that the saga of the YNW tragedy will now conclude with a devastating, multimillion-dollar financial judgment against Melly’s inner circle. The cost of protecting a secret is rarely cheap, but for Melly’s manager, his silence is poised to cost him his entire financial future.