Abdullahi Farah, Contempt of Court and Obstruction of Justice, Tennessee 2023

Tennessee Man Convicted of Contempt of Court and Obstruction of Justice

A federal jury in Nashville has convicted Abdullahi Farah, also known as Grey Goose, of contempt of court and obstruction of justice.

Farah, 23, of Nashville, was found guilty of willfully and knowingly misbehaving in or near the presence of United States District Judge Todd J. Campbell, disobeying and resisting a lawful order, decree, or command of Judge Campbell, and attempting to obstruct or interfere with and prevent the enforcement of Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1591(a), the federal statute that prohibits the sex trafficking of children and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

The conviction stems from Farah's refusal to testify in a deposition in the case of United States v. Adan, et al., which included charges of sex trafficking females under the age of 18. On August 23, 2012, Judge Campbell ordered Farah to testify in a deposition for the purpose of obtaining his testimony for use at trial in the Adan case.

When asked if he would testify, Farah refused, prompting Judge Campbell to find that it would be futile to hold Farah in civil contempt of Court and stating that the United States could commence criminal contempt charges against Farah.

Farrah was subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury for contempt and obstruction charges. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison when he is sentenced at a date yet to be determined.

The case was a joint investigation by the St. Paul Minnesota Police, Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and the Nashville Metropolitan Police. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Van S. Vincent and Blanche Cook.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdtn/pr/witness-who-refused-testify-convicted-contempt-court-and-obstruction-justice