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Thanks to her “influencer” status, Cardi B’s close friend Star Brim was recently released from her house arrest sentence that is related to racketeering charges. 

Radar Online shared that the presiding judge over Brim’s case signed off on the motion for her release last week.

Born Yonette Respass, Brim is allegedly “a high ranking female member of the Bloods subset 5-9 Brims,” and is reportedly often referred to as “Godmother” by other gang members. 

After a judge agreed to the motion, the 29-year-old’s attorney further requested the terms of Brim’s release be relaxed as well. Since Brim is an “influencer” who sells beauty products and is a mother who gave birth to her only child in March 2020, the lawyer argued that the terms of her release were apparently too restrictive and didn’t allow her the flexibility she needed to work and care for her child, court documents acquired by the outlet read. 

“She has lost income because of her inability to adjust to last minute changes in scheduling,” Brim’s attorney wrote to the judge. “Now that her son is older and spent the first year of his life outside of the presence of other children, she would very much like for him to be able to socialize with other children, which is virtually impossible given the restrictions of her house arrest.”

According to Radar, “The judge agreed and signed off on the request the next day.”

Now, Brim is allowed to go work as she needs without pre-approval from her pre-trial officer.

The influencer’s charges stem from Brim being “one of 18 defendants named in an indictment of gang members in the Southern District of New York,” according to coverage detailed by NBC New York in February. 

“In addition to [those] charges,” the outlet noted, “Respass and 10 other members of the 5-9 Brims were also charged in an indictment by the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.”

The latter indictment alleges that Brim ordered other gang members to carry out an attack that happened to two women, the Wattley sisters, in a Queens strip club back in 2018.

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“According to the EDNY indictment,” wrote NBCNY, “members of the 5-9 Brims violently beat a bartender at the Angels night club in Flushing, Queens, after the woman apparently disrespected another member of the gang. Respass, from behind bars, ordered other members to ‘pop that bottle’ on the bartender, saying ‘I want hands put on them. I don’t even want no talking.'”

As previously reported by MADAMENOIRE, Cardi and two other women allegedly assaulted the sisters two weeks after the attack Brim reportedly orchestrated by throwing glass bottles and drinks at them during a fight. Regarding the “Up” rapper’s possible motive, sources say Cardi believed the woman had slept with her husband Offset. 

Queens Criminal court scheduled Cardi to report for a hearing on Oct. 25, regarding the incident. The rapper pled not guilty “to 12 counts of felony for attempted assault and a charge for reckless endangerment” back in 2019. If found guilty, she could serve up to four years in prison.

While the specifics are seemingly undisclosed, Brim faces “years” behind bars if convicted of her respective charges.

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