Jan 23, 2025 · Jury selection began Tuesday after the 36-year-old Rocky, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, turned down a deal offering 180 days in jail, a seven-year suspended sentence and three years’ probation if he would plead guilty to one of the two counts.

1 day ago · He had been shouting angrily at Rocky, who was walking away after an initial confrontation and scuffle, when Rocky pulled a gun from his waistband and held it in the air, Relli testified. “He turned around and then it was like BOOM!” he told the jury. “The whole thing was like a movie, he kind of like pointed down and he shot the first ...

6 days ago · After the judge declined to dismiss him for cause, Rocky’s lawyer Joe Tacopina took him off the jury. “Here’s a shocker, we’re going to thank and excuse juror number 27.” Attitudes toward police were a common topic during jury selection.

6 days ago · Remember, Rocky's gambling big time with this trial. Prosecutors offered him a plea deal that came with a 180-day county jail sentence, although he would have served much less than that due to ...

23 hours ago · ASAP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. ... During jury selection, John Lewin, a prosecutor, asked potential jurors if they ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Lawyers for A$AP Rocky criticized the lack of Black people in the Los Angeles jury pool in the rapper's assault case.

6 days ago · Prosecutors also presented the jury with a series of maps, identifying photos, a 911 call from the night of the incident and several videos captured by surveillance cameras in the area.

6 days ago · Rocky turned down a prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail to risk years in prison if the jurors find him guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

6 days ago · Rocky was offered a plea deal that would have seen him serve 180 days in jail and three years probation, but he “respectfully” declined. He faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted.

Jan 22, 2025 · ASAP Rocky appeared at a Los Angeles courthouse on Tuesday (Jan. 21) as jury selection began in his criminal assault trial. The 35-year-old artist, born Rakim Mayers, is facing two felony counts...