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>> the news made me who i am. you know, the news did that. news made me famous. >> the high-profile nature of his case has kept jones from being housed in a general population unit. >> what's up, man? what's up? yeah, you know, this is how they do. wylie, big muscles. he handle me rough, man. i'm just happy he ain't aggressive. >> jones' reputation on the streets might have made him a celebrity among inmates, but it could also be his undoing. one of the prosecution's key witnesses is a convicted felon named james mallory. >> james mallory. he's a rat. he's one of louisville's biggest -- he mig...

In fear for his life for being both an accused snitch and an accused child killer, now says he knows nothing about the jones case, it might not be enough to clear his name. after he was released from prison mallory visited jones in jail. prosecutors say he changed his story following that visit. so they gave jones an additional charge. tampering with a witness. which left jones incredulous. >> so i get charged for tampering with him, but he came to see me and told me he ain't say nothing, they lying. >> back in his cell after court, jones was still not feeling that a friendship with mallory wa...

In another attempted murder trial. the trial is for john "hot boy" jones, who is charged with attempted murder after having allegedly shot a young woman in the face. on the stand is james mallory. >> nothing but the truth. >> yeah. >> mallory was released from prison on probation after prosecutors say he wrote them a letter stating he had bombshell evidence against jones. but today he's not testifying for the prosecution. he's been called to the stand by jones's lawyer. and now he has a very different story. >> did you write that letter? >> no. >> you didn't write that letter? >> no. >> it's n...

And that ain't got nothing to do with me. i don't know if you from louisville, whatever, but the person he's testifying against is hot boy. they call him hot boy. that's not somebody you need to be testifying against. >> coming up -- >> look what we got here. >> james mallory, the star witness in the case against john "hot boy" jones, is arrested for the murder of gregory holt.

He knows nothing about the jones case, it might not be enough to clear his name. after he was released from prison mallory visited jones in jail. prosecutors say he changed his story following that visit. so they gave jones an additional charge. tampering with a witness. which left jones incredulous. >> so i get charged for tampering with him, but he came to see me and told me he ain't say nothing, they lying. >> back in his cell after court, jones was still not feeling that a friendship with mallory was in the cards. >> i don't care for him. as far as me and him, we ain't cool or nothing. but...