NBA YoungBoy Never Broke Again appeared in court on Monday (November 18) and pleaded guilty to the orchestration of a drug fraud ring based out of his Huntsville, Utah home. 

The 25-year-old Baton Rouge rapper, born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, entered a plea deal, which dismisses the case without incarceration or probation. In a Logan, Utah courtroom, the Decided 2 artist entered a guilty plea to six misdemeanor unlawful pharmacy conduct charges, two counts of third-degree criminal identity fraud, and two counts of third-degree felony forgery. With Gaulden currently serving 27 months in federal prison for a previous firearm possession case, the rapper is also set to serve 60 months probation beginning in December.

According to KSL, Utah's 1st District Judge Spencer Walsh ordered Gaulden to pay a $25,000 fine and wished the rapper good luck, saying that he seemed “like a very talented young man.” “I’ve seen so many times where you have young men and women who have a lot of talent and potential. They can be robbed of that potential when they start to really struggle with their addictions,” Walsh told Gaulden. “I don’t want that for you.”

Gaulden was arrested in April on gun possession charges in addition to being charged with possession of prohibited narcotics, identity theft, forgery, and obtaining or attempting to obtain prescription medications.

In the state case, Gaulden initially faced 46 charges, among them a pattern of unlawful activity, a second-degree felony, 13 counts of identity fraud, 11 counts of forgery, third-degree felonies, and two counts of forgery.

Before the plea agreement, Gaulden's lawyer, Jon Williams, spoke with federal prosecutors, acknowledging Gaulden’s 27-month sentence and 60-month probation as significant. 

The prescription fraud case reportedly began when police arrested five individuals who were procuring a fake prescription from Gaulden’s vehicle, according to Deputy Cache County Attorney Ronnie Keller. A call involving the prescription came from Gaulden, posing as ‘Gwendolyn White,’ who could not provide a verifiable birthday, although several pharmacists recognized the rapper’s voice. Authorities also discovered that the prescriptions were registered under Gaulden’s name using a fake birthday, and he was found to own counterfeit prescription bottles.

Gaulden has a track record of legal trouble, moving to Utah in 2021 after allegedly being involved in a 2019 Miami shooting.