ASAP Rocky's trial for the alleged taking pictures of an ex-boyfriend in 2021 has begun in Los Angeles Superior Court docket and is predicted to final three weeks. Prosecutors mentioned the rapper (actual Rakim Mayers) pointed and shot Relli (whose actual identify is Terell Ephron) with a gun two years in the past after an argument in Hollywood, California.
Though ASAP Rocky has pleaded not responsible, he faces two felony counts of assault with a firearm and will resist 24 years in jail if convicted. In November, throughout a preliminary listening to that included testimony and surveillance video proof, a Los Angeles decide dominated there was sufficient proof to strive the rapper.
A$AP Rocky arrives in court docket as jury choice in his gun assault trial begins in the present day.
The Harlem rapper is dealing with 24 years in jail for a November 2021 incident by which he’s accused of firing a gun at A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli. pic.twitter.com/P8kJHknYh4
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The artist's trial little question complicates his life with Rihanna, with whom he has two sons, RZA and Riot Rose. In line with the Related Press, his lawyer mentioned: “We’re able to go. It's been some time since then. It was one thing that had been over Rocky and Rihanna's head for some time. We will't look forward to this trial to start and for them to place this behind them as a household.”
It's unclear what impression the case may have on his profession, because the rapper and co-chair of the 2025 Met Gala is about to launch his fourth album, Don't Be Dumb, in early 2025. Moreover , is about to star in Rose Byrne's If I Had Legs I'd Kick You , out this month, and Spike Lee's upcoming movie Highest 2 Lowest'.
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