Hip-hop star A$AP Rocky was discovered not responsible on Tuesday of felony assault charges related to a 2021 incident by which he was accused of capturing at a former pal and music collaborator in Hollywood.
Cheers broke out within the courtroom after the decision was learn because the rapper rushed to embrace household within the courtroom, together with his companion pop star Rihanna, who attended the proceedings.
“Thank y’all for saving my life. Thanks. Thank y’all. You are making the precise determination,” the rapper stated, addressing the jurors as they walked out of the courtroom.
Mayers was charged on Aug. 15, 2022, with two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm for allegedly firing a handgun within the route of Terrell Ephron, whose skilled title is A$AP Relli, throughout a confrontation.
The jury panel, which was made up of seven ladies and 5 males, started deliberations on Tuesday morning.
Mayers, who pleaded not responsible, confronted as much as 24 years in jail if he had been convicted.
Mayers and Ephron have been childhood associates and each a part of the Harlem-based rap collective A$AP Mob.
A$AP Rocky sits in a courtroom on the Clara Shortridge Foltz Prison Justice Middle in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2025.
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The trial started with jury choice on Jan. 21. It included testimony from Ephron, who served as a star witness for prosecutors and accused Mayers of capturing at him throughout his testimony, claiming that his hand was grazed by a bullet.
Mayers declined to take the witness stand throughout the trial.
Terell Ephron, aka A$AP Relli, testifies throughout Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky’s, felony assault trial on the Clara Shortridge Foltz Prison Justice Middle in downtown Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2025.
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The gun, which was by no means recovered by authorities, was a focus on this trial. Prosecutors argued that the gun was actual, whereas Mayers’ defense team argued that the gun that the rapper was holding on the time of the confrontation was merely a “prop gun” that he carried for his personal safety.
Forward of jury choice on this case, Mayers turned down a plea deal that was supplied to him by prosecutors, the rapper’s lead legal professional Joe Tacopina confirmed to ABC Information. It included a 180-day jail time period.
“Sure, he was supplied a plea deal however is just not as a result of he’s truly harmless,” Tacopia stated.
