ASAP Rocky pushes past photographers to enter court

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(24 Jan 2025)
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Los Angeles - 24 January 2025
1. Rapper and actor A$AP Rocky pushes past photographers to enter courthouse for his assault trial
STORYLINE:
Rapper and actor A$AP Rocky pushed his way past camera operators as he entered a Los Angeles courthouse Friday for the beginning of his assault trial.

Later, a prosecutor showed jurors a series of surveillance videos that he said when taken as a whole make it clear A$AP Rocky fired a gun at his former friend in 2021.

Deputy District Attorney Paul Przelomiec gave a sober, straightforward presentation during opening statements in the trial of the hip-hop star, fashion maven and actor. It relied almost entirely on the video evidence and audio from a 911 call.

Rocky has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, charges that could lead to up to 24 years in prison.

The defense plans to call witnesses to testify that a firearm seen on a security video is a starter pistol that Rocky carried as a prop for security.

And they will likely make hay of the fact that officers who searched the scene found neither shell casings, a weapon, or any suspects.

Rocky sat in the courtroom and watched with his lawyers, wearing a gray suit. His mother and sister were among the supporters sitting in his section. Rihanna, his longtime partner and the mother of his two toddler sons, was not in court.

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