Mally Mall: back in federal custody
Jamal Rashid is back behind bars — again — and the prospect of him returning to federal prison for an extended period of time appears to have increased significantly.
Otherwise known as the hip hop music producer Mall Mally, Rashid was arrested on more alleged violations of his supervised release this week, including one involving one of his victims, Angela Williams.
Rashid is the central sex trafficker in Vegas Concierge. Williams is the core protagonist of the book.
Rashid was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison in May 2021 for owning and operating a prostitution ring disguised as escort services. He served only two years.
After he was released in July 2023, he began a period of court-ordered community supervision by the U.S. Probation Office. In late October 2025, he was arrested for several alleged violations of the terms of his supervised release, including harassing Williams.
At a hearing on Oct. 30, federal Magistrate Judge Elayna Youchah released Rashid on home detention until the judge who originally sentenced him, Gloria Navarro, could preside over a hearing on whether to revoke his supervised release and send him back to prison.
That hearing has been delayed six times. It’s now scheduled for July 7. He faces up to two more years in prison.
As part of the terms of his house arrest, Rashid was instructed to not commit new crimes and to not have contact with a woman named Tarnita Woodard, who was involved in his prostitution operations. Woodard is also a central figure in Vegas Concierge.
On June 5, Rashid violated these terms of his current release when he had Steven Tolson, otherwise known as the rapper Jazz Lazer, contact Williams and offer her cash to not attend the upcoming hearing, according to warrant petitions signed by Navarro and Youchah.
The warrants say that through Tolson, Rashid offered her as much as $100,000. The warrant petitions say that qualifies as a new crime — witness tampering.
One of the warrants also says Rashid, who was on GPS monitoring, made an unauthorized stop at a Cheesecake Factory location and has had repeated interactions with Woodard. An employee of Rashid’s, Robert Anderson, reluctantly told probation that he knew Woodard had stayed at the producer’s Las Vegas mansion at least two times, according to the warrant.
Anderson also reportedly told probation that Rashid makes him and another Rashid associate call Woodard from their phones so he can speak with her. Rashid’s phones are monitored by probation.
The more-detailed warrant petition also refers to an unnamed woman who told probation that she met with Woodard and Rashid at the mansion on May 18 and had witnessed phone conversations between the two of them.
Rashid appeared briefly before Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts on the afternoon of June 9 wearing a shirt with “detainee” written across the back. He raised his eyebrows and sighed to three men in the gallery who appeared to be there to support him.
Rashid agreed to remain in what his attorney called temporary custody until his legal team can review new evidence, which includes recordings Williams made of her conversations with Tolson.
Rashid is scheduled to appear again before Albregts on June 24 for further discussion about his detention until another hearing will be held on whether he will be sent back to prison. That revocation hearing is still scheduled for July 7.
Williams, an outspoken critic of Rashid, told me that while she’s “been able to show up for important events in the anti-trafficking community” lately, she has “not been adequately able to be myself” because she’s been scared about what has been going on.
“I get through the days pretending it’s not existing until I get home and see the two suitcases packed by the door in case anything happens,” she wrote me in a text message. “(A)s soon as (c)court’s over, I will be able to speak openly about everything I’ve been through and learned in the process,” she added.
Click here to read the most detailed warrant petition for Rashid’s recent arrest.
Update: Rashid’s lawyer unsuccessfully argued for him to be released on June 24. He will remain in custody until the hearing about revoking his supervised release, which could send him back to prison. That hearing has been delayed seven times. It is now scheduled for Sept. 17. A July 2 hearing to discuss revocation of his release on the bond approved in October was vacated.