LOS ANGELES (AP) — A$AP Rocky is ready to go to trial in Los Angeles early subsequent 12 months on prices that he fired a gun at a former good friend and collaborator on the streets close to a Hollywood resort in 2021.
The trial of the 36-year-old rapper, trend mogul, Grammy nominee and movie star co-chair of the following Met Gala is ready to start with jury choice on Jan. 21. He has pleaded not responsible to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Trial had been scheduled to start out Nov. 12, however his workforce requested at a listening to Tuesday that it’s postponed as a result of he’s headlining the Rolling Loud music pageant in Thailand subsequent month.
Superior Court docket Choose Mark S. Arnold stated he’ll permit video cameras to air the trial that’s anticipated to final about two weeks.
“I imagine that the general public deserves to see what goes on within the courtroom,” the choose stated.
He requested protection lawyer Joe Tacopina whether or not Rihanna, with whom Rocky is in a relationship and has two youngsters, plans to attend the trial so he might make correct safety lodging.
Tacopina stated he doesn’t know, however “I nearly assure not on daily basis.”
One other choose dominated after a preliminary listening to practically a 12 months in the past that Rocky ought to stand trial for allegedly firing a gun at Terell Ephron, a childhood good friend who testified that their relationship had soured and a feud got here to a head on the evening of Nov. 6, 2021. Ephron testified that bullets grazed his knuckles.
Rocky might stand up to 24 years in jail if convicted on all prices.
Tacopina stated exterior the courtroom Tuesday that he was assured Rocky would clear his title, and that regardless of the delay, “He’s wanting to get to trial. Having this hanging over his head isn’t one thing he needs.”
Rocky was just lately chosen to be a celeb chair on the Met Gala in Could together with Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo and LeBron James, although the results of the trial might complicate his skill to attend.
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