A$AP Rocky is ordered to face trial in Los Angeles on two felony firearm prices stemming from a 2021 altercation involving a former buddy and fellow rapper.
Rapper A$AP Rocky was ordered on Monday (November 20) to face trial in Los Angeles on two felony counts of assault with a firearm. The 35-year-old, the romantic companion to celebrity Rihanna and father of her two sons, is accused of pointing a firearm at one other hip-hop artist and alleged buddy, Terell Ephron, earlier than firing twice in Ephron’s route throughout a heated argument in November 2021. Prosecutors declare Ephron suffered minor accidents within the incident.
Rocky, whose authorized title is Rakim Mayers, was arrested in reference to the incident in April 2022 as he arrived in Los Angeles on a flight from Barbados and was charged 4 months later. On Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court docket Decide M.L. Villar dominated prosecutors had adequate proof to proceed to trial. Rocky, who stays free on bond, has pleaded not responsible.
Joe Tacopina, legal professional for Rocky, has argued in court docket that prosecutors did not current adequate proof {that a} taking pictures had even occurred, as an alternative counting on surveillance movies and testimony that the protection discovered inconclusive. The protection additionally questions Ephron’s testimony wherein he believed his left hand was grazed within the gunfire.
Terell Ephron, who performs below the title A$AP Relli as a part of a hip-hop collective that previously included each rappers, has additionally filed a civil lawsuit towards Rocky, based on Los Angeles Metropolis Information Service.
Since Rocky’s arrest in 2022, his companion Rihanna, a Barbados native, has given delivery to the couple’s two sons. His first two studio albums, Lengthy.Stay.A$AP and At.Lengthy.Final.A$AP, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2013 and 2015, whereas his third album, Testing, reached the High 5 in 2018. He has labored with artists together with Drake, Alicia Keys, Lana Del Rey, and Kendrick Lamar.