A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to felony firearms charges during an appearance at a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
According to TMZ, the Harlem native visited court on Wednesday morning (August 17) alongside his legal team and entered a not guilty plea on two assault charges of using a semiautomatic firearm.
Rocky is accused of shooting at former friend and early A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli during a “heated argument” in Hollywood last year.
“The argument escalated and resulted in the suspect firing a handgun at the victim,” an LAPD news release reads. “The victim sustained a minor injury from the incident and later sought his medical treatment. Following the shooting, the suspect and two additional males fled the area on foot.”
Relli (real name Terell Ephron) came forward last week and claimed himself to be the victim and is preparing to file a civil suit. He alleges bullet fragments injured his hand in the shooting.
Relli’s legal team said their client has suffered “multiple death threats and irreparable harm to his career in the entertainment industry as a result of this incident.” They expect the civil matter to go to trial.
A$AP Rocky was arrested in April at LAX by authorities after exiting a flight; he quickly posted a $550,000 bond. A preliminary hearing in the case has reportedly been set for November.
Rocky’s latest case comes after he was arrested in July 2019 and charged with assault causing actual bodily harm in Sweden after he and his entourage fought with two men in Stockholm.
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The Testing rapper spent most of July behind bars in the Scandinavian country before being released from custody on August 2 following the trial’s conclusion. He was later found guilty of assault and given a suspended sentence and small fine.
The “Peso” rapper isn’t letting the case get in the way of him spending time with his girlfriend Rihanna. The celebrity couple — who welcomed a baby boy in May — have recently been spotted on several date nights around NYC.
Rocky is slated to headline night two of Rolling Loud NYC at Citi Field on September 24.
ASAP Rocky shot dude over him about to snitch to Rihanna that he likes plugging men too. Of course he’s gonna plead not guilty cuz he’s following the Diddy playbook.
Relli a tattletale tryna get a check but Rocky should’ve just smacked him around, in the first place.
For blocking a n**** from telling the truth about Rocky being a sausage swallower. Naw, he shouldn’t care about that BS he’s already got the baby so he’s going be able to get that money from her if he decides to split and take the baby. She is the Barbados herpes billionaire princess so he’s good as far as support.
I wasted 30sec of my life reading about presumably grown men make fantastic assumptions about another man’s sexuality. I’m doing something really wrong with my life.
Not assumption when it’s true, dummy.
Look up ASAP Rocky and The SpaceGhost Purp incident lol. There’s plenty of other situations that make you wonder but that one was a dead give away. He’s just following the Diddy Playbook.