A$AP Rocky Assault Trial
Verdict Imminent …
Announcement at 4 PM PT
Published
The verdict in A$AP Rocky‘s assault trial is set to be announced … officials say the jury has reached its verdict, and the result will be announced at 4 PM PT — and we’re streaming it live.
The Los Angeles jury began deliberations Tuesday morning after closing arguments were completed Friday afternoon … the rapper is charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon, and Rocky faces a possible 24-year prison sentence if found guilty.
TMZ.com
A$AP Rocky — legal name Rakim Mayers — was arrested in 2022, accused of firing a gun at former associate and friend A$AP Relli outside a hotel in Hollywood in 2021. Rocky turned down a plea deal from prosecutors last month.
Rocky’s defense attorney, Joe Tacopina, maintained his client could not have shot Relli — legal name Terell Ephron — because Rocky only carried a prop gun with him at the time. Relli testified his knuckles were scraped by a bullet.
Relli’s testimony got heated at times … with fireworks popping off between himself and Tacopina.
2/3/25
Rocky chose not to testify … though his voice was heard in court when he yelled at his pal A$AP Twelvyy “Don’t say!!!” when prosecutors asked him on the stand what “AWGE” stands for. AWGE is the name of Rocky’s creative agency with “Fight Club”-level secrecy rules attached to it.
2/7/25
Rocky’s partner and mother of his two sons, Rihanna, played a background role in the proceedings — prospective jurors were asked during the selection process whether they’d heard of A$AP or Rihanna, listened to their music, or downloaded any of their songs. A jury of seven women and five men were selected … none of them Black.
2/14/25
Rihanna attended the proceedings several days over the course of the trial, sitting with Rocky’s mother and sister in the courtroom gallery, even bringing the couple’s kids one morning.