Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky is currently on trial, facing felony assault charges, for allegedly shooting at his former A$AP associate, A$AP Relli [click here if you missed that].
On the first full day of arguments, Rocky's lawyer admits he fired two warning shots...
From MNE
A$AP Rocky‘s lawyers have said he fired “two warning shots” from a starter pistol to break up an alleged fight.
On Friday (January 24), the rapper – real name Rakim Mayers – appeared in court as part of his ongoing firearm assault trial, where he is accused of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon.
Prosecutors told jurors that, three years ago, Mayers had fired multiple shots from a 9mm semiautomatic pistol during a fight with former friend A$AP Relli – real name Terell Ephron – in Hollywood.
Mayers’ lawyer Joseph Tacopina has denied the allegation, calling it a lie orchestrated for cash, per Rolling Stone.
Tacopina said that Mayers admits to pulling the trigger on a firearm he was carrying that night, and that the rapper fired “two warning shots” from his “starter gun” to break up an alleged fight between Relli and A$AP Illz (real name Illijah Ulanger) – another member of their A$AP Mob collective.
“Rocky fired that prop gun,” Tacopina continued. “He fired twice, hoping the sound would be enough to scare off Relli and protect Illz.”
He went on to say that those in Mayers’ inner circle are aware he carried a “fake gun” to “scare off attackers” after previously experiencing violence and stalking.
“This case about one mans’ lies, jealousy and greed,” Tacopina said, referring to Relli as the “source of all the evidence” in the case. “Ladies and gentleman, this case is all about money. The evidence will show it’s nothing more than a money grab,” he continued.
“The evidence will make clear Relli is trying to leverage a fabricated story to extract money.”
Earlier this week, Mayers rejected his final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and now faces the possibility of a guilty verdict.
As the Associated Press reported, the plea deal was given to the rapper if he were to plead guilty to one of his two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
The decision to make Rocky stand trial for allegedly firing a gun at his former friend and collaborator, Terell Ephron, was made in 2023.
He added that the gun used that night was a “prop gun” from a music video he had filmed months earlier with Rihanna, described in the trial as his “life partner” and the mother of his two young sons.
Prosecutors in that trial said Rocky pointed and fired a handgun at Ephron on the street near the W Hotel Hollywood in November 2021, after being “lured” there to discuss a disagreement.
Ephron also alleges separately that he is the victim of assault and battery, negligence and emotional distress, according to BBC.
Court records show that Mayers denied all wrongdoing in his response to the complaint, per ABC News.
34 comments:
Hire security like everybody else. Dump come get your pay off from a sleezy rapper with a gun.
HE'S FUKKING DONZO!
Waste of Taxpayers Money. Trash!
Now where have I seen this play out before?
This fool should've taken that plea deal.
I knew he was guilty of firing a weapon when he tried desperately to make himself seem like a family man and when he tried to convince the judge that he and Rih were married when they aren't.
Enjoy jail idiot!
I think he’s got a good defense. Reasonable doubt will exist so jurors won’t agree or he’ll be acquitted
He won't be Acquitted! That's wishful thinking and what got him in this courtroom with this case in the 1st place. He's Done!
He needs a GREAT Defense to get him out of this crap
What does it say about Rihanna by linking up with and giving kids to this half baked criminal?
It's obvious that she doesn't pick the best or smartest mates. Usually blinded by the di---smally small brains of the dudes she gets with.
I don't blame for the 1st pregnancy, but she should've protected herself against pregnancy the 2nd time.
ok so apparently he was asked to plead guilty to firing a semiauto gun and he only had a prop gun (that can't unalive anyone). why would he take that plea if it was not true?
That was not a "prop gun". Anybody who believes that this fool had taken a prop gun to fire off at his former homies is just as dumb as A$APRocky is for this entire situation!
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1:14
What does it say about most of the black men in the community who lay up with women and then leave to impregnate another woman just to keep repeating the same cycle.
@1:34pm-YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT!!! If prosecutors thought they could PROVE he had a real gun and that he pointed a real gun, then fired a real gun at anyone, he would be charged with Attempted 187, and that does does NOT carry a sentence of 180 days!!! They were trying to get him to fall for the banana int he tailpipe and make himself a convicted felon just to please them! Do NOT do it ASAP!!!! And the rest of you need to stop assuming that just because he's a brother, that he shot somebody.
We stating that he's guilty from the security footage that shows him with a weapon in his hand at the scene of the crime . If he wasn't there to commit a crime then why bring a weapon and fire off at ppl that's suppose to be his friends?
This ain't got sh*t to do with this ignorant a**hole's race-it's about his ignorance and callousness that got him in this situation!
Stop making it a race thing b/c it's a ignorant jacka** immature behaivng a**hole's actions that got his fool a** into this sh*t!
Lock his dumb azz up.
He want that prison D. The no mercy kind. He want to unravel those braids and get his hair pulled from the back. He like it raw. Thug passion in the guts. He's praying for 20 years.
May he get all he gave.
On that pic he looks like a felon trynna get off of charges he's guilty of.
If I was on the jury I would've already found him guilty just from watching him sit there like he's privileged and confident that he won't be going to jail.
^^ What in the holy illogical hell.
Him and Torey Lame are from the same generation of thought. Entitled
What a dummy! All he had to do was sit pretty with his Billionaire girlfriend instead of doing hood sh!t.
1:14 if she wasn’t a billionaire I’d drag her like folks drag Skai, Halle, Cardi and now Coi because Rocky brings nothing to her table. Now she gotta sit up in Harlem contemplating her next moves because if she tries to go back home, she might not be let back in the US with all that’s going on with immigration lately. Smh
He thinks this is a game.
I don’t know I hope he gets off.
Nothing to explain, 8:03 pm.
Just look at the pic and figure the $hit out for yourself! His smug ass look is p*ssing me off!
9:33 pm, Rihanna don't live in Harlem, the baby daddy's from Harlem. They got a nice spot in Soho or in Manhattan somewhere.
He a gangster. Until he ain’t.
Even if he's acquitted of the charges, he won't be viewed by GP as anything other than a stupid criminal.
Then he'll prolly have other cases filed against him since we're in the era of pile on the claims and accusations against mainly rappers.
He'll always be prey for those thirsty for attention and of course the almighty green$$$!
It's best he's found guilty, or , the prosecution and defense come to a more suitable resolution that has him doing some time for the crime he obviously was involved in.
Either way, he's gotta pay for what he did.
I agree w/ every1 who says he should be jailed.
Riri strong fourhead voodoodoo strikes again
6:34 PM
Sounds like you got fantasies LOLO
He has always come across as arrogant to me. Like yeah I'm rich now what. Even though it's Rhi's money it's also his money.
Hold On,9:16am. It ain't HIS $$$$$ unless they MARRY W/O A Prenup!
Let's get that str8ght.
Can be prove it was a fake gun?
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