“A$AP Rocky’s Surprise Acquittal: The Emotional Reunion with Rihanna That Left Fans Breathless!”
“Thankful, humbled by His mercy!” she added.
A jury acquitted the rapper of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm
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Rocky, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, was acquitted of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
The charges stemmed from an alleged 2021 incident with his former bandmate and friend, Terell Ephron—also known as A$AP Relli.
Rocky and Relli, who were both in the Harlem-based rap collective A$AP Mob since high school, had a scuffle when they met in Hollywood on November 6, 2021, prosecutors said.
Charges against Rocky stemmed from an alleged 2021 incident with former bandmate Terell Ephron—also known as A$AP Relli
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Prosecutors accused Rocky of brandishing a gun and firing twice at Relli, who said one of the shots grazed his hand but did not seriously injure him.
Rocky’s lawyers and witnesses claimed the rapper had shot with a prop gun, which he carried around for safety, even though it only fired blanks.
They said he had fired with the prop gun because Relli was attacking another member of their crew, according to Rocky’s defense team.
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Relli is “an angry pathological liar” who “committed perjury again and again and again and again,” Rocky’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said in his closing argument.
The prosecution claimed that the prop gun explanation was “illogical” and “absurd.”
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