A$AP Rocky Assault Trial Verdict to Be Introduced Tuesday Afternoon

The decision in A$AP Rocky‘s assault trial is ready to be introduced … officers say the jury has reached its verdict, and the end result, initially scheduled for 4 PM PT, will now be introduced at 5:30 PM PT — and we’re streaming it stay.

The Los Angeles jury started deliberations Tuesday morning after closing arguments have been accomplished Friday afternoon … the rapper is charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon, and Rocky faces a doable 24-year jail sentence if discovered responsible.

A$AP Rocky — authorized identify Rakim Mayers — was arrested in 2022, accused of firing a gun at former affiliate and buddy A$AP Relli outdoors a resort in Hollywood in 2021. Rocky turned down a plea deal from prosecutors final month.

Rocky’s protection legal professional, Joe Tacopina, maintained his shopper couldn’t have shot Relli — authorized identify Terell Ephron — as a result of Rocky solely carried a prop gun with him on the time. Relli testified his knuckles have been scraped by a bullet.

Relli’s testimony obtained heated at instances … with fireworks popping off between himself and Tacopina.

Rocky selected to not testify … although his voice was heard in court docket when he yelled at his pal A$AP Twelvyy “Don’t say!!!” when prosecutors requested him on the stand what “AWGE” stands for. AWGE is the identify of Rocky’s artistic company with “Fight Club”-level secrecy guidelines connected to it.

Rocky’s companion and mom of his two sons, Rihanna, performed a background function within the proceedings — potential jurors have been requested throughout the choice course of whether or not they’d heard of A$AP or Rihanna, listened to their music, or downloaded any of their songs. A jury of seven ladies and 5 males have been chosen … none of them Black.