{"id":216759,"date":"2023-11-21T06:20:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T06:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216759"},"modified":"2023-11-21T06:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T06:20:35","slug":"aap-rocky-arrives-at-court-where-he-will-find-out-if-he-stands-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/aap-rocky-arrives-at-court-where-he-will-find-out-if-he-stands-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky arrives at court where he will find out if he stands trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>A$AP Rocky WILL stand trial for &#8216;firing gun at friend outside Hollywood hotel&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rapper A$AP Rocky arrived at court wearing a black suit and floral brooch\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A judge will determine if he will go to trial for a November 2021 shooting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he fired a gun at a friend<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rapper A$AP Rocky\u00a0will stand trial on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021, a judge has ruled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Superior Court Judge M.<span>L. Villar ruled on Monday that there was enough evidence for a trial at a preliminary hearing, after hearing roughly a day and a half of testimony.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rocky has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. His attorney attempted to cast doubt on the case while questioning a police detective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A$AP\u00a0Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers,\u00a0is facing up to eight years in jail if convicted of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm.<\/p>\n<p>He arrived at court Monday wearing a black suit, matching black face mask, black tie with white dots and a floral brooch.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old rap star and father of two children with Rihanna\u00a0has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator.<\/p>\n<p>Villar said &#8216;the totality of the video and testimony&#8217; shows there is sufficient evidence for the defendant to go to trial. She emphasized that preliminary hearings have a much lower evidence standard than a trial, and she was only finding probable cause.<\/p>\n<p>Rocky, sitting in the courtroom, showed no visible reaction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/19\/78032125-12772223-A_AP_Rocky_arrived_to_court_Monday_wearing_a_black_suit_matching-a-22_1700509085181.jpg\" height=\"795\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A$AP Rocky arrived to court Monday wearing a black suit, matching black face mask, black tie with white dots and a floral brooch<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/19\/78032123-12772223-A_judge_will_determine_if_there_is_enough_evidence_to_move_forwa-a-23_1700509085181.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A judge will determine if there is enough evidence to move forward with a trial against the rapper in a November 2021 shooting<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/21\/78036239-12772223-image-a-2_1700515559988.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A$AP Rocky takes a drink of water during a preliminary hearing on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/21\/78036241-12772223-image-a-3_1700515563653.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, sits with a member of his legal team at the Monday hearing<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that on November 6, 2021, Mayers pointed a gun at Terell Ephron, once known as A$AP Relli, then, during a confrontation, shot at and left Ephron with minor injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Police Department Detective Frank Flores took the witness stand on Monday and verified videos of the attack presented by the prosecution, reported\u00a0Rolling Stone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flores testified that surveillance footage showed a gun in the rappers hand, but when pressed by the defense he conceded a weapon was never recovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At an earlier hearing,\u00a0Ephron testified\u00a0Mayers held the gun to his stomach and said &#8216;I&#8217;ll kill you right now,&#8217; before firing off rounds and leaving the room.<\/p>\n<p>Ephron said he and the &#8216;F*****g Problems&#8217; rapper were teenage friends and members of the A$AP collective,\u00a0a group of New York high school students who sought to make music and pursue other art forms.<\/p>\n<p>He said their friendship continued as Mayers fame grew but began to falter when he started backing out of business ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors played surveillance video that appears to show Mayers brandishing a gun and possibly firing it, which his lawyers denied that he did.<\/p>\n<p>The father of Rihanna&#8217;s two children was first detained in April last year as he returned to Los Angeles airport from Barbados where he had been on vacation with his then-pregnant girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>He was later released on $550,000 bail.\u00a0Officers were seen outside of his LA home, smashing into the gate with a battering ram, before apparently raiding the property. Detectives seized multiple boxes of evidence from the house.<\/p>\n<p>Four months after his arrest, the charges were brought up to felony status, rather than misdemeanor that would have meant only one year of jail time for each count.<\/p>\n<p>In this preliminary hearing, a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to move forward with a trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rapper is being represented by the same lawyer who is representing former president Donald Trump in his New York criminal case, Joe Tacopina.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/19\/77590789-12772223-Terell_Ephron_told_the_court_that_Mayers_shot_him_after_calling_-a-45_1700510204120.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Terell Ephron (pictured) told the court at an earlier hearing that Mayers shot him after calling him to a meeting in Hollywood<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/19\/77580311-12772223-Rapper_A_AP_Rocky_boyfriend_of_singing_superstar_Rihanna_and_fat-a-46_1700510206933.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rapper A$AP Rocky appeared in court last week to begin hearings for a judge to determine if he should stand trial<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/19\/78033743-12772223-image-a-44_1700510191529.jpg\" height=\"743\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The boyfriend of superstar Rihanna and father of her children is facing up to eight years in jail if convicted on two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Trump took a\u00a0special interest in Mayers after he was arrested for assault in Sweden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested after a fight broke out on the street between his entourage and two men.<\/p>\n<p>Mayers was convicted of assault, issued a suspended prison sentence and required to pay more than $1,000 in damages. He reportedly served a month in jail before his sentence was handed down.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Monday&#8217;s hearing, the hitmaking duo has been in Las Vegas promoting his Puma collaboration at the F1 races.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Complex Magazine the Fashion Killa rapper beamed as he spoke about the accomplishments him and Rihanna have already made.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If me and my lady was to collab what could we team up and just, like, just f**ing smash and go crazy on? I think we do a real great job at collaborating making children,&#8217; the musician said. &#8216;I think that&#8217;s our best creation so far.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12772223\/asap-rocky-trial-ephron-shooting-rapper.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A$AP Rocky WILL stand trial for &#8216;firing gun at friend outside Hollywood hotel&#8217; Rapper A$AP Rocky arrived at court wearing a black suit and floral brooch\u00a0 A judge will determine if he will go to trial for a November 2021 shooting He has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he fired a gun at a friend Rapper A$AP Rocky\u00a0will stand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A$AP Rocky arrives at court where he will find out if he stands trial - Best World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/aap-rocky-arrives-at-court-where-he-will-find-out-if-he-stands-trial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A$AP Rocky arrives at court where he will find out if he stands trial - Best World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A$AP Rocky WILL stand trial for &#8216;firing gun at friend outside Hollywood hotel&#8217; 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