From Global News.

A Los Angeles jury found American rapper A$AP Rocky not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon in a 2021 altercation with another hip-hop artist in Hollywood. Rocky celebrated the verdict by diving into the arms of Rihanna in the packed courtroom.

"We want to thank God first," Rocky told reporters outside the courthouse as he stood between Rihanna and his attorney. "This is crazy right now. I’m thankful and blessed to be here right now, to be a free man talking to y’all," he said.

"We said from day one he was innocent. He turned down a plea for almost no jail time because he was innocent. And I’ve always said this was an extortion. The extortion played out live in colour in court," Joe Tacopina, the lawyer for A$AP Rocky, stated.

A$AP Rocky was accused of pointing a handgun at a former friend, Terell Ephron, during a heated argument, then firing twice in Ephron’s direction during a second confrontation. Both encounters occurred on November 6, 2021.

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