Key witness in Yella Beezy trial claims he lied to grand jury

Today, key testimony in the trial against Dallas rapper Yella Beezy. The rapper is accused of paying another man to kill rap rival Moe 3. A friend of Yella Beezy was offered a deal, taking the stand again after pleading the Fifth Amendment last week. In his testimony, Theodore Thomas, also known as Jose Bodega, contradicted previous statements he gave to the grand jury. I asked you, who specifically wanted... Moe 3 dead. What specific individuals? Do you recall your answer being Yella Beezy and Trapwood Freddy? Yeah, I recall a lot. That was a lot? Yeah. And you were under oath, correct? Yeah, but I didn't know how serious under oath was at the time. You didn't what? I didn't know what it was at the time. Fox 4's Stephen Dial spoke with an attorney about the importance of today's testimony. You think the prosecution thinks, okay, things are looking better for us That's a great point. Obviously, that's what the prosecutors intended. That's what the prosecutors thought the deal they were getting. So I think it's a boon. It's a plus for the prosecutors to be able to put on, again, as you've mentioned, one of Beezy's childhood friends to come in and testify against him and not recant what he said to the grand jury. This is week two of this trial. Week one, they laid the foundation talking about the murder itself, talking a lot about Kiwan White, who you see in the middle of that box of headshots right there, and just setting the foundation for that. On the defense side, Toby Shook just needs to put doubt into one juror. How do you think he's doing so far in this with, I mean, most of the testimony hasn't been about the murder, not so much about his client. Well, you say this is hearsay. There's no DNA to connect my client to this murder. There's no proof. This is speculation. And of course, as we talked about recently with you, you've got a jailbird trying to convict him. You say this guy got a deal. He isn't legitimately telling the truth. He's telling the prosecutor's story in return for getting... Out of prison or getting a reduced sentence, and he's the one that's got legal problems and criminal conviction, not me. Attorney Raghi Dunn, thank you for your perspective.