{"id":349554,"date":"2026-07-23T05:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349554\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:54:28","slug":"kodak-blacks-attorney-asks-florida-court-to-drop-bail-after-prosecutors-miss-charge-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349554\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodak Black\u2019s attorney asks Florida court to drop bail after prosecutors miss charge deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Rapper Kodak Black<\/a>\u2019s attorney is asking an Orange County court to release his client from all bail requirements, arguing that prosecutors missed a legal deadline to file formal charges following a May drug trafficking arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The motion, filed Monday in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court for Orange County, points to a Florida rule requiring prosecutors to formally charge a defendant within 60 days of arrest.<\/p>\n

Kodak Black (Orange County Jail)<\/p>\n

Bill Kapri \u2014 known professionally as Kodak Black \u2014 was arrested May 6 on a felony charge of trafficking MDMA. Under Florida law, the 60-day deadline to file formal charges fell on July 5. According to the motion, no information or indictment has been filed.<\/p>\n

Florida law gives courts two options when a defendant remains uncharged past the 60-day mark: automatically release the defendant on their own recognizance on the 63rd day, or \u2014 if the state shows good cause \u2014 extend pretrial release for up to 30 additional days. The motion asks the court to release Kapri from all bail conditions unless the state can establish good cause.<\/p>\n

News 6 reached out to the state attorney\u2019s office to ask whether formal charges will be filed. <\/p>\n

The Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested Kapri following an investigation that traced back to a November 2025 incident at the Children\u2019s Safety Village on Fairvilla Road. Deputies responding to calls about gunshots found two vehicles and \u2014 after detecting the smell of burnt cannabis \u2014 searched them. Inside a pink bag, they found what appeared to be MDMA.<\/p>\n

According to the arrest warrant affidavit, the pink bag matches one visible on Kapri\u2019s Instagram account. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed the substance was MDMA and in a trafficking amount, with the lab report returned April 17.<\/p>\n

At a May bond hearing, a judge set bond at $75,000, citing Kapri\u2019s 12 prior felony convictions. Kapri later bonded out.<\/p>\n

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