A$AP Rocky Not Responsible in Los Angeles Assault Trial

The decision in A$AP Rocky‘s assault trial was simply introduced — Rocky has been discovered not responsible.

Rocky’s associate and mom of his two sons, Rihanna, was sobbing, and gave Rocky’s protection legal professional, Joe Tacopina, an enormous hug. Because the jurors exited one after the other, Rocky mentioned to them … “Thanks for saving my life.”

The Los Angeles jury started deliberations Tuesday morning after closing arguments had been accomplished Friday afternoon … the rapper was charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon, and Rocky would have confronted a doable 24-year jail sentence if he had been discovered responsible.

A$AP Rocky — authorized identify Rakim Mayers — was arrested in 2022, accused of firing a gun at former affiliate and buddy A$AP Relli outdoors a resort in Hollywood in 2021. Rocky turned down a plea deal from prosecutors final month.

Rocky’s protection legal professional, Joe Tacopina, maintained his shopper couldn’t have shot Relli — authorized identify Terell Ephron — as a result of Rocky solely carried a prop gun with him on the time. Relli testified his knuckles had been scraped by a bullet.

Relli’s testimony obtained heated at instances … with fireworks popping off between himself and Tacopina.

Rocky selected to not testify … although his voice was heard in court docket when he yelled at his pal A$AP Twelvyy “Do not say!!!” when prosecutors requested him on the stand what “AWGE” stands for. AWGE is the identify of Rocky’s artistic company with “Struggle Membership”-level secrecy guidelines hooked up to it.

Rihanna performed a background function within the proceedings — potential jurors had been requested throughout the choice course of whether or not they’d heard of A$AP or Rihanna, listened to their music, or downloaded any of their songs. A jury of seven girls and 5 males had been chosen … none of them Black.