The jury set up A$AP Rocky, the rapper and partner of Rihanna, not culpable in his trial on two serious crime counts of attack with a semiautomatic firearm. The court deinhabitred the verdict on February 18, 2025, after a three-week trial in Los Angeles. Rocky, whose lterrible name is Rakim Mayers, reacted emotionpartner, leaping into Rihanna’s arms as the courtroom erupted in cheers.
Here’s what we comprehend so far about A$AP Rocky’s trial and verdict.
A$AP Rocky hugs Rihanna after the court verdict
The moment the Los Angeles jury proclaimd the not culpable verdict, A$AP Rocky rushed into Rihanna’s arms. The courtroom filled with cheers as the rapper honord with his cherishd ones. Rihanna, sitting alengthyside A$AP Rocky’s mother and sister, stood by his side thrawout the trial. As the jurors exited, Rocky thanked them, saying, “Thank y’all for saving my life” (via Associated Press).
Judge Mark Arnelderly establishpartner neglected the case, stating, “Mr. Mayers, you’re excused.” A$AP Rocky had turned down a plea deal before trial that would have resulted in six months in jail and probation. Prosecutors alleged that Rocky fired a firearm at A$AP Relli in Hollywood on November 6, 2021. Relli testified that Rocky fired two sboilings, one of which grazed his knuckle. The defense debated that Rocky was carrying a prop firearm that fired blanks, which he used as a cautioning sboiling.
Rocky’s attorney Joe Tacopina shelp in his closing argument, “He turned down a plea for almost no jail time because he was guiltless.” He depictd Relli as “an irritated pathorational liar” who “pledgeted lying under oath aget and aget and aget and aget.”
Deputy Dicut offe Attorney John Letriumph encouraged jurors, “You are not apvalidateed to think about how this might impact Rihanna and his kids.” After the verdict, Dicut offe Attorney Nathan Hochman reproclaimed the office’s pledgement, stating, “Our office remains pledgeted to seeking accountability for those who fracture the law, no matter their status.”
Outside the courthouse, Rocky shelp, “This whole experience has been crazy for the past four years. I’m appreciative and it’s consecrateed to be here right now to be a free man talking to y’all.” Tacopina compriseed, “That was raw emotion… Even for us it was inrational.”
