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A$AP Rocky couldn’t cover his pleasure upon listening to the jury learn his “not responsible”verdict.
Dealing with as much as 24 years of jail time, A$AP Rocky was understandably ecstatic when he was discovered not responsible on Tuesday of firing a handgun at a former good friend, A$AP Relli, on a Hollywood avenue in 2021.
After the jury cleared him of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the rapper informed the jury: “Thank y’all for saving my life.”
Earlier than the trial started, Rocky turned down a prosecution provide of simply six months in jail, together with probation and different circumstances, if he would plead responsible to 1 depend. As an alternative, Rocky insisted on his innocence and determined to gamble {that a} jury would really feel the identical, which finally ended up paying off.
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are seen outdoors of Clara Shortridge Foltz Felony Justice Heart on February 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Supply: DUTCH/Bauer-Griffin / Getty
When the decision was learn, the excessive feelings within the room have been palpable as Rocky’s longtime love Rihanna cried and hugged the protection attorneys. She attended the trial a number of instances and introduced the couple’s two sons — 2-year-old RZA Athelston Mayers and 1-year-old Riot Rose Mayers — for a number of the closing arguments.
Upon the decision being learn, the rapper instantly look behind him and ran to the gallery, hugging a number of family and friends members ready within the stands. He additionally hugged his authorized crew, a few of whom have been wiping tears from their face.
Rocky’s attorneys and witnesses they referred to as to the stand mentioned Rocky had shot a prop gun that solely fires blanks, which he had been carrying for safety after taking it from a music video set months prior.
He allegedly fired it as a warning as a result of Relli was attacking one other member of their crew. The jurors have been informed that regardless of three years passing for the reason that incident, nobody talked about the prop gun to authorities till the day jury choice started.
They have been additionally instructed that in the event that they discovered that Rocky fairly believed that he or one of many two buddies with him that night time have been in imminent hazard of harm, and that he used cheap power, they may discover the defendant not responsible, in line with AP.
It wasn’t instantly clear whether or not they reached the decision as a result of they believed he was in actual fact carrying a prop gun or that he acted in self-defense. They didn’t should agree on their reasoning.
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