Green told the BBC detectives were initially sceptical that 50 Cent was supporting Hassan’s bail application, which the judge turned down.<\/p>\n
“When you get something like that come in, it’s quite a unique moment and I think the team were a little bit shocked,” he said.<\/p>\n
“You obviously think it’s fake to start with… it’s obviously one of those things you’ll never forget as part of an investigation.”<\/p>\n
But detectives say Hassan’s defence team later submitted photos and videos that showed him on private jets and at US tour dates.<\/p>\n
The rapper also provided another letter for the sentencing hearing as part of Hassan’s mitigation.<\/p>\n
In it, 50 Cent said he had “known and worked closely with him for many years, both professionally and personally”.<\/p>\n
The rapper said in the letter: “I write as someone who has relied on him [Hassan] directly in my own business and who knows his character through years of firsthand experience.<\/p>\n
“I am aware of the matter that brings Mr Hassan before the court, and I do not write to minimize its seriousness. I write only to give the court an honest account of the man I have come to know through working alongside him over the years.”<\/p>\n
Later in the letter, 50 Cent said “employment will be available” to Hassan upon his release, adding: “His experience, reliability and understanding of the work make him someone I would welcome back without hesitation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Green told the BBC detectives were initially sceptical that 50 Cent was supporting Hassan’s bail application, which the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-685289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}