Rumors that Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill would get out of prison Monday exploded across social media Thursday, but his attorney denied the claims, making it unclear when the embattled entertainer will be released.

Attorney Joe Tacopina told PennLive there is "no truth" to the rumors of his release Monday after a scheduled court hearing "as far as we know."

That said, there is strong momentum building for Mill's immediate release, including support from the city's mayor and district attorney and the state's governor. The officials all have said that Mill, whose birth name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, should be released from his incarceration.

He is serving two to four years in prison for technical probation violations, including traveling out of city to perform.

"The Mayor believes that Robert would better serve the community outside of prison, and that his case makes clear and urgent the desperate need to continue working with our partners to reform our criminal justice system," the office for Mayor Jim Kenney said.

Kenney visited Mill in prison this week as well as New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft before calling for his release.

Meanwhile, Mill's original conviction from 2008 that caused him to be placed on 10 years of probation in the first place likely could be overturned, according to District Attorney Larry Krasner.

Just weeks ago, Krasner released a list that had been maintained in his office naming officers that prosecutors did not trust to testify. The existence of the list previously was not known outside of the office but Krasner discovered it after he was elected and agreed to make the list public.

The officer who alleged that Mill pointed a gun at him during a 2007 arrest was on the list.

Since then, Mill's legal team has secured affidavits from two former officers who alleged that the officer who arrested Mill repeatedly engaged in misconduct, including lying, both in general and specifically in petitioner's case, according to a motion filed by Krasner in which he did not oppose Mill's release on bail.

Mill's scheduled hearing Monday in front of a Common Pleas judge is to pursue a post conviction relief motion to get his conviction overturned. Mill admitted he had a gun during his 2007 arrest and that he did not have a license to carry it concealed, but he always maintained that he never pointed it at the officer.

For that gun conviction, he served nearly two years in prison or house arrest before being released on probation. The judge in November then yanked his probation near the end of his term for the technical violations, not for any new crimes, his attorneys said.

The assistant D.A. and Mill's probation officer did not recommend that he go back to prison but Common Pleas Judge Genece E. Brinkley said Mill had repeatedly "thumbed his nose at this Court and refused to take his sentence seriously, ostensibly due to his status in the entertainment business."

Brinkley refused to grant Mill bail or recuse herself from the case after Mill's attorneys accused her of having a "personal vendetta," against Mill.

Mill's situation has generated nationwide news coverage amid a debate over mass incarceration with supporters arguing that throwing people in jail for probation violations such as this doesn't deter crime or enhance public safety.

While Mill's post-conviction relief motion is before Brinkley's court, attorneys aren't counting on her to get their client released. Instead, they filed a motion before the state's Supreme Court to allow him to be released on bail while he fights his conviction. The attorneys also want the Supreme Court to assign a new judge in the case.

The district attorney's office noted in its motion that Brinkley did not have the information about the questionable officer when she was presiding over Mill's case.

"Obviously, the current District Attorney's Office and this Court are presented with new and important information relating to the integrity of the original conviction that this Court could not have known at trial or at any subsequent violation hearing because the prior District Attorney's Office did not provide it," Liam Riley, of the D.A.'s office wrote in his motion.

Riley also pointed out in his motion that Mill already had served as much time as likely would have been assigned for the conviction and subsequent probation violations and that the longer he is incarcerated, the greater the risk that he would serve a "disproportionate" sentence.

"That risk increases as long as Petitioner remains in custody," Riley wrote. "Especially in light of the history of hundreds of convictions already having been reversed based on information provided by Officer Walker (the cooperating witness,) there is a strong showing of likelihood of Petitioner's conviction being reversed."

Jordan W. Siev, an attorney for Mill, told PennLive the Supreme Court could act any day on their motion.

"We continue to push every day for Meek's release from this unjust conviction and sentence, and are hopeful he will be out Monday if not sooner," Siev said.

Gov. Tom Wolf addressed Mill's situation last month on Twitter saying:

"I support D.A. Larry Krasner's position in the case of Robert Williams (Meek Mill). Our criminal justice system is in need of repair."

Mill's situation came up again Thursday during a news conference Wolf attended about the state's criminal justice system.

"When Meek Mill was recommitted to prison, hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions requesting that I step in to get him out of prison," Wolf said Thursday. "While I do not have the power to take that action, this case shows broader concern over our criminal justice system as a whole."

Mill gave a prison interview to NBC's Lester Holt Thursday and said he always thought that his 10-year probation sentence would end up landing him back in prison. When he gets out, Mill said he sees himself "helping minorities that come from these situations like myself."

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was updated to reflect that Mill's probation violation was for leaving city limits without prior permission.

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