Fani Willis’ Dad Talks Death Threats, Movie Script, and ‘Deuce’ the Disc Jockey in Testimony

Fani Willis’ father, John Clifford Floyd III, took the stand in her misconduct hearing on Friday, and the expansive testimony touched on much more than just the case at hand.

Floyd was called to testify following his daughter, the Fulton County District Attorney, giving testimony where sparks were aplenty. Willis said at the start of her testimony that she had been “pacing” in her office and “ran” to the courtroom.

At issue is the timeline of Willis’ relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, who was hired on to her election racketeering case centered on former President Donald Trump and others’ alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. One of Trump’s co-defendants, Mike Roman, filed the original motion to remove Willis from the case, claiming she was in a relationship with Wade prior to his hiring and that she had benefitted from his salary through vacations for the pair.

Floyd took the stand and revealed he’d moved in with his daughter in 2019 following his retirement and efforts to move to South Africa. According to Floyd, his daughter moved out of her home shortly after being sworn in as district attorney. He recalled constant threats, including the n-word being spray painted onto the home.

“I had never seen anything like it,” Floyd recalled.

A former friend and colleague of Willis, Robin Yeartie, testified that Willis and Wade were in a relationship in 2019, contradicting statements by Wade and Willis. They maintained the short relationship began years later and after he was hired onto the case. Willis denied her former friend’s testimony and said she had been “betrayed” by her.

Floyd testified that Willis did have a boyfriend in 2019, a man named “Deuce” who was a disc jockey.

“He was a disc jockey of some kind. I think he had a government job during the day. I don’t know what he was,” Floyd said, adding, “all his stuff was always in the way, and I was always having to push it to the side.”

He said he met “Deuce” often, but did not meet Wade until 2023. He said he did not recall a brief interaction at Willis’ swearing-in ceremony that Wade had previously cited.

Floyd testified his daughter and Wade were not in a relationship in 2020 or 2021 and he was living in Georgia at those times. Wade previously testified he was battling cancer during those years and was not dating, staying mostly isolated at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Roman defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant and others pushed Floyd on his residence throughout the years, noting he has been staying in California and had a previous home in Washington D.C. Floyd said Georgia was his full-time home and California has only been a recent development that stemmed from him working on a memoir during Covid and writing a movie script titled Bad Blood.

“What I was doing to occupy my own time was I was working on my memoir. As I delved into my family background, I discovered something and that’s what got me to working on the documentary,” he said.

He also revealed that he was supposed to be filming the documentary on the very day he was testifying.

“I have a movie script called Bad Blood. I have a movie script we’re trying to sell, so I tried to sell that and I just happened to mention something that had happened during the civil rights movement. It’s called the Snake Five. The legendary Peter Fitzsimmons was interested,” he said.

Floyd testified on Friday about his daughter previously revealing his advice about keeping large amounts of cash on hand. Willis explained to the court that she repaid Wade for any expenses on their trips together, but she could not specifically track the money through ATM withdrawals because she keeps large amounts of cash in her house. She said her father recommended keeping six months’ worth of cash in your home, something he confirmed on Friday.

Floyd explained the thinking stems from a time when he faced outright racism at establishments as they refused to take his credit cards.

“Your Honor, I’m not trying to be racist but it’s a Black thing. Most Black folks hide cash or keep cash,” he said.

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