A$AP Twelvyy’s refusal to cooperate with prosecutors in A$AP Rocky’s trial provides a brand new layer of rigidity to an already tumultuous authorized battle.
A$AP Twelvy declined a prosecution interview Tuesday (January 28) throughout A$AP Rocky’s high-profile trial, a transfer that would affect how jurors understand his credibility.
The trial, centered round a November 2021 altercation in Hollywood involving A$AP Rocky and A$AP Relli, noticed its second day of testimony on the Los Angeles County Courthouse.
Earlier than getting into his position as a witness, Twelvyy had a tense change with the choose relating to his refusal to fulfill with prosecutors.
“Prosecution would really like the chance to interview you earlier than you are taking a stand, simply to seek out out what it’s important to provide and what it’s important to say. It’s non-compulsory; you possibly can both conform to be interviewed or refuse. Are you conscious of this?” Superior Court docket Choose Mark Arnold choose requested.
Twelvyy responded firmly with, “No, no, I don’t need to be interviewed.”
Choose Arnold emphasised the potential implications of this determination, cautioning Twelvyy concerning the jury’s interpretation of his refusal.
“In the event you refuse, then the jury goes to know that you just refused to be interviewed by the prosecution, and it may influence your believability, your credibility within the eyes of the jury. You perceive that?”
To this, Twelvyy merely replied, “Sure.”
Twelvyy’s involvement within the case stems from his presence in the course of the altercation between A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, and A$AP Relli, actual title Terell Ephron.
In line with court docket testimonies, together with fellow A$AP Mob member A$AP Illz, Twelvyy reportedly tried to de-escalate the confrontation earlier than it may escalate, a element that positions him not as an aggressor however as a would-be mediator.
Whereas authorities allege {that a} firearm was concerned within the incident, Twelvyy is anticipated to testify for Rocky’s protection, bolstering claims that the weapon in query was merely a “prop gun.”
Twelvyy’s testimony may show to be a pivotal side of Rocky’s argument, because the prosecution seeks to pin the rapper with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
A$AP Rocky has already rejected a plea deal providing 180 days in jail, a seven-year suspended sentence, and three years of probation.
A$AP Rocky faces as much as 24 years in jail.
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