Jury choice is scheduled to start Tuesday in a trial in opposition to A$AP Rocky, who’s charged with firing a gun at a former good friend and will get a decades-long jail sentence if convicted.
The 36-year-old has pleaded not responsible to 2 felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and his legal professional has mentioned he dedicated no crime.
The Grammy-nominated hip-hop star, style mogul and actor is the longtime associate of Rihanna, and the 2 have two toddler sons collectively. It is not solely clear whether or not Rihanna will seem to assist him in court docket, however his legal professional has recommended it is unlikely.
Rocky has been named one of many celeb chairs of the Met Gala in Could, and has a significant position in a Spike Lee-directed movie with Denzel Washington to be launched quickly after.
However his life might be upended with a conviction that might result in a sentence of as much as 24 years if jurors discover him responsible of capturing at his former firend in Hollywood in 2021.
Superior Court docket Choose Mark Arnold mentioned he intends to seat a jury shortly, and is retaining strict limits on how lengthy attorneys can query potential jurors.
“I’ll let the jurors know that no matter who a defendant is, whether or not they’re the richest individual on this planet or the poorest individual, all people is to be handled the identical,” he mentioned at a pretrial listening to.
Opening statements may come Wednesday. Arnold is permitting media cameras in court docket for the complete trial after a jury is chosen.
In 2023, one other decide dominated after a preliminary listening to 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.
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