A$AP Rocky's assault trial begins in Los Angeles

Record ID: 1952853

  • Title: A$AP Rocky's assault trial begins in Los Angeles
  • Date: 24th January 2025
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 24, 2025) (Unrestricted Pool) COURT ROOM WITH A$AP ROCKY'S (REAL NAME: RAKIN MAYERS) DEFENSE ATTORNEY, JOE TACOPINA, ADDRESSING JUDGE JUDGE MARK S. ARNOLD TALKING TO TACOPINA ROCKY WHISPERING TO TACOPINA DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORRNEY PAUL PRZELOMIEC BEGINNING OPENING STATEMENTS VIDEO SHOWING RAPPER A$AP ROCKY HAVING ALTERCATION W
  • Embargoed: 7th February 2025 21:36
  • Keywords: A$AP Rocky ASAP Rocky Criminal Court Rakin Mayers Trial
  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001608624012025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:EDITORS NOTE: SOME IMAGES IN SHOTLIST #16 CONTAIN A RACIAL SLUR
    The assault trial of rapper A$AP Rocky began in Los Angeles on Friday (January 24).
    Rocky, 35, whose given name is Rakim Mayers and is the romantic partner of superstar Rihanna, is accused of pointing a handgun at another hip-hop artist and former friend, Terell Ephron, during a heated argument, then firing twice in Ephron's direction during a second confrontation.
    Both encounters occurred on Nov. 6, 2021. During opening statements, Assistant Attorney General Paul Przelomiec showed jurors videos of the altercation taken from surveillance cameras.
    Also shown were photographs of Ephron's hand injuries, as well as texts between Ephron and Mayers after the incident. Przelomiec also showed bullet cartridges handed in by Ephron and a gun found in Mayers' bedroom wardrobe, which he said matched the cartridges.
    Since Rocky's arrest in April of 2022, Rihanna, a native of Barbados, has given birth to two sons fathered by him.
    His first and second studio albums, "Long. Live. A$AP," and "At.Long.Last.A$AP," both debuted at No. 1 in the Billboard 200 pop charts in 2013 and 2015, respectively. His third album, "Testing," released in 2018, peaked in the top five.
    (Production: Rollo Ross)
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