Foolio’s Killer Sean Gathright Speaks for the First Time After Being Sentenced to Life in Prison and Reveals He’s Launching a GoFundMe for Legal Fees

The headline stacks two dates.

May 2026: Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Davion Murphy, and Rashad Murphy were convicted in Hillsborough County of first-degree murder in the June 2024 shooting death of Charles Jones — Julio Foolio — outside a Tampa hotel. The jury later rejected death. Life without parole is mandatory on that count in Florida.

After the guilty verdicts, Gathright’s family stood up a GoFundMe and an Instagram for appeal costs and household fallout. Early goals floated from the mid-five figures to $100,000 in different write-ups. Public totals stayed tiny. The page drew reports and threats. The family said supporting Sean was not dismissing the harm. The comments said otherwise.

June 22, 2026: sentencing. Judge Michelle Sisco (coverage also names Kimberly Fernandez in some wrap-ups) imposed life without parole on the murder count, plus stacked time on conspiracy and attempted murder that runs with it. Gathright, 20, spoke.

He said the streets are not the way. He said it is heartbreaking that an 18-year-old cannot rent a car or a hotel or buy a drink and can still get life with no second chance. He said he had tickets, not a record, and woke up facing death. Condolences to Jones’s family. Other defendants used their time for the same warning: it ain’t worth it.

That is the statement. The GoFundMe was already in the world. Combining them in one graphic is how the clip travels. The court record is simpler: four convictions, four life terms, a dead 26-year-old rapper in a parking lot on tape.

Foolio’s mother has said celebrating the verdicts is not crazy. Gathright’s people asked for money and quiet. The jury already voted. Appeals exist as a right. Crowdfunding a convicted shooter is a choice the public already answered with a near-empty bar.

The photo is tears at the mic and four mugshots in the corner. The case is closed at trial. What remains is time and paper.