The Justice Department on Nov. 19 announced new charges against Ryan James Wedding, a former Olympian who was indicted in 2024 for allegedly running a drug trafficking network.
He is being charged with additional counts of witness tampering and intimidation, murder, money laundering, and drug trafficking.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a press conference on Nov. 19 that Wedding is accused of murdering a federal witness in January. Wedding allegedly made a website that posted photos of the witness and the witness’s wife, allowing others to help locate them. Bondi said the witness was “gunned down” at a restaurant before he could testify. He had been shot five times in the head, according to law enforcement. Wedding and 14 others have been charged in relation to the murder of the witness….