Nationwide — A$AP Rocky shall be judged by a jury of 12 in his felony assault trial, however not one of the jurors are Black. The jury, chosen in downtown L.A., consists of seven ladies and 5 males, with no African-American illustration.
Each Rocky and the alleged sufferer, A$AP Relli, are African-American, however the jurors are white, Asian, and Hispanic. Moreover, 4 feminine alternate jurors had been chosen. The trial shall be presided over by Decide Mark Arnold, who’s white.
In response to TMZ, throughout jury choice, jurors had been questioned about their familiarity with Rihanna, who shares two kids with Rocky. Each the protection and prosecution had an equal say in deciding on the jury, and race didn’t seem like a decisive issue in the course of the course of.
Rocky faces two felony assault fees for allegedly taking pictures Relli with a semiautomatic firearm in 2022. He pleaded not responsible and was launched on bond. If discovered responsible, he may withstand 24 years in jail. He rejected a plea deal providing a 180-day county jail sentence, which might have been lowered as a consequence of jail overcrowding.
