VERDICT: A$AP Rocky Trial – CA v Rakim Mayers – not guilty of firearm assault
VERDICT: A$AP Rocky Trial – CA v Rakim Mayers
A jury in Los Angeles acquitted the musician, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, on two felony assault charges that carried up to 24 years in prison.
The Grammy-nominated rapper A$AP Rocky, Rakim Mayers, is standing trial on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator, Terell Ephron. This on the streets near a Hollywood hotel in 2021.
Rocky, boyfriend of superstar #Rihanna, turned down a plea deal offering 180 days in jail. Also a seven-year suspended sentence, and three years probation to plead guilty to one of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
Terell Ephron claimed the Grammy-nominated hip-hop star opened fire at him during an argument on a Hollywood street on 6 November 2021. It grazed his knuckles with one of the shots.
Mr Mayers, who is also a fashion mogul and the longtime partner of pop star Rihanna, denied the charges. Mayers argued that the weapon was a prop gun and that his former friend, who calls himself A$AP Relli, was only after money.
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In Los Angeles rapper A$AP not guilty of firing a gun at former friend view wp.me/p4BB8h-1sRZ the longtime partner of Rihanna denied the charges #ynuktv
In Los Angeles rapper A$AP not guilty of firing a gun at former friend view wp.me/p4BB8h-1sRZ the longtime partner of Rihanna denied the charges #ynuktv
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