A Los Angeles choose rescheduled A$AP Rocky’s assault trial for January 21, 2025, at a pretrial listening to on Tuesday (October 22). The rapper’s trial was beforehand set to start on November 12. His lawyer Joe Tacopina mentioned the brand new begin date was “closing and definitive.”
Choose Mark Arnold delayed the trial partly attributable to A$AP Rocky acting at a gig in Thailand in late November. Tacopina additionally cited upcoming holidays and points with discovery within the case as causes for it getting pushed to 2025.
“Everybody simply determined it’s greatest to do that in January,” Tacopina instructed reporters. “It’s a agency date. It’s an actual date. He’s actually wanting to get this executed, to get this behind him. So, [he] was probably not seeking to push this off that far, nevertheless it’s commonplace stuff that occurs whenever you’re doing trials.”
A$AP Rocky, whose actual identify is Rakim Mayers, faces trial for assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Prosecutors accuse him of taking pictures his former buddy A$AP Relli in 2021.
“I’m assured in realizing that he shall be vindicated,” Tacopina mentioned. “This has been a burden for him and his household … However he’s a terrific man. He actually is. And he’s dealt with this in addition to any human being can deal with it. And he’s prepared. He’s able to face this head on and we’re able to face this head on. And he’ll be OK when that is all mentioned and executed.”
A$AP Rocky’s lawyer Joe Tacopina says firearm assault trial pushed to Jan. 21 “partly” as a result of Rocky attributable to carry out at profit live performance in Bangkok in late Nov
“He shall be vindicated,” Tacopina says. “This has been a burden for him & his household…He’s able to face this head on” pic.twitter.com/Ql99qbsxv1
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Choose Arnold mentioned Rihanna, the mom of Rocky’s two youngsters, is welcome to attend the trial. Tacopina didn’t know if Rihanna deliberate to look in courtroom.
“That’s a household resolution they need to make,” Tacopina mentioned. “She clearly is a really well-known, essential individual. She additionally has two younger youngsters that I believe she desires to defend from all this.”
Rocky faces as much as 9 years in jail if convicted. He maintains innocence.
