After being acquitted on all fees, ASAP Rocky and his love Rihanna went to Gravitas in Beverly Hills to take pleasure in a dinner in celebration. Rocky was going through two felony fees of assault with a semiautomatic weapon.
Based on TMZ, the A-list couple was surrounded by paparazzi as they exited dinner, however Rocky instructed restaurant attendees he felt “superb.”
A$AP Rocky was discovered not responsible on all counts in his felony assault trial, the place he was accused of taking pictures A$AP Relli in November 2021.
The trial started on Jan. 24 and concluded almost three weeks afterward February 14. After deliberating for about three hours on February 18, the jury reached a verdict, prompting cheers within the courtroom. Rocky, overwhelmed with emotion, jumped over the barrier to embrace his household.
Rocky had confronted two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, fees that carried a possible 24-year jail sentence. Prosecutors, nonetheless, had deliberate to advocate eight to 10 years if convicted.
The jury, composed of seven ladies and 5 males, in the end discovered Rocky not responsible. The protection’s argument might have influenced their resolution that he solely fired blanks or acted in self-defense. Moreover, the prosecution might not have offered a robust sufficient case.
The prosecution’s case relied closely on A$AP Relli’s testimony, together with surveillance footage capturing the sound of gunfire and a scuffle earlier than the alleged taking pictures. Rocky’s legal professional, Joe Tacopina, dismissed Relli as “an indignant pathological liar” who repeatedly dedicated perjury. The protection introduced testimony from two of Rocky’s associates, who said that he had solely carried a prop gun.
