ASAP Rocky Rejects Plea Deal in Gun Assault Trial

A$AP Rocky reportedly rejects a plea deal supply on the opening day of his gun assault trial and his legal professional claims the rapper’s weapon was a prop.

A$AP Turns Down Plea Deal

On Tuesday (Jan. 21), the Harlem rapper’s trial started with jury choice. Nonetheless, Rocky was given one final probability to take a plea deal. In accordance with Rolling Stone‘s Nancy Dillon, prosecutors provided Rocky three years of probation, a seven-year suspended jail sentence and 180 days in county jail if he pled responsible to at least one rely of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Rocky forfeited the deal, telling the choose “I respectfully decline.”

Throughout the listening to, Rocky’s legal professional Joe Tacopina provided some perception into their plan of protection. Tacopina revealed his authorized group plans to name two witnesses who will testify that the gun Rocky was seen with on safety digital camera throughout the incident was merely a prop he carries round for safety functions.

XXL has reached out to A$AP Rocky’s legal professional for remark.

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A$AP Rocky’s Authorized Points Defined

A$AP Rocky was arrested on April 20, 2022, and charged with two counts of assault with a lethal weapon for the capturing of A$AP Relli on Nov. 6, 2021. In accordance with Relli, Rocky persuaded Relli to fulfill Rocky in Hollywood, Calif. to speak out a disagreement between the 2 A$AP Mob members. Rocky arrived with two different males. The dialogue acquired contentious and Relli claims Rocky pulled out a firearm and fired a number of pictures in his route, with one placing Relli’s hand. Rocky was taken into custody 5 months after the incident.

Throughout a listening to again in November of 2023, the courtroom was proven a video from the incident, which reveals Rocky holding what seems to be a firearm throughout the altercation. In January of 2024, Rocky pleaded not responsible to the fees. If convicted, he may resist 24 years in jail.