OAN Staff Abril Elfi
5:50pm – Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty after nearly four weeks of trial in Los Angeles.
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On Tuesday, Rocky, who is married to singer and businessman Rihanna, was found not guilty after falling into a ju judge's decision on Friday.
Following the verdict, Rapp began jumping up and down with joy, declaring, “Thank you for saving my life!”
If he was convicted, he would have faced him in prison for up to 24 years. Before he could serve for 24 years, the rapper turned down a 180-day prison plea deal.
“Yes, he was offered a plea bargain, but he is not interested because he is actually innocent,” his lawyer, Joe Tacopia, said at the time.
In 2022, Starr was charged with two felony assaults with a semi-automatic firearm. Due to his 2021 fight with his former friend A$ap Relli, Rocky testified that he stood up to him outside a Hollywood car park and shot him during the conflict.
Nonetheless, Rocky denied the allegation resolutely.
On Friday, the defense said during the closing discussion that Leli “lied to you about so many important things.”
While in the eyewitness stands, Leli told the ju umpire that his knuckles were grazing by a bullet allegedly fired by Rocky. However, the weapons were not recovered by the authorities, and it became a focus during the trial.
Investigators also found no physical evidence of the shooting – when searching the scene of suspected crime.
Nevertheless, a few days later, Leri reportedly presented the police with a shell case, claiming he had found it at the scene of the crime.
Soon after, Rocky's legal team accused Leri of forcing them, claiming that the weapon his client had held during the argument was a “prop gun.”
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