A$AP Rocky has been charged with felony assault in connection to a November 2021 capturing, Los Angeles County District Lawyer George Gascón introduced on Aug. 15. “Discharging a gun in a public place is a critical offense that would have ended with tragic penalties not just for the particular person focused but additionally for harmless bystanders visiting Hollywood,” Gascón mentioned in a press release, per the Los Angeles Occasions. “My workplace carried out an intensive evaluate of the proof on this case and decided that the addition of a particular firearm allegation was warranted.”
Whereas a rep for Rocky didn’t instantly reply to POPSUGAR’s request for remark concerning the expenses, in keeping with the LA Occasions, Rocky faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and is scheduled for arraignment on Aug. 17 in Los Angeles.
On April 20, NBC Information reported that the rapper was detained at LAX by the Los Angeles Police Division with help from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Safety Investigations workforce for his alleged involvement in a capturing. Rocky’s lawyer, Alan Jackson, confirmed the information to the outlet. The rapper arrived in Los Angeles through a personal aircraft after spending time with girlfriend Rihanna in Barbados, who just lately gave delivery to their first baby. He was launched later that day after posting the $550,000 bail, per Folks.
Based on a press launch shared by the Los Angeles Police Division on Twitter in April, Rocky was beneath investigation by the LAPD for a capturing that passed off close to Selma and Argyle Ave. on Nov. 6, 2021.
