A$AP Rocky gun trial begins TODAY after Rihanna’s rapper partner ‘shot pal in standoff’…but he claims weapon was a PROP
A$AP Rocky gun trial begins TODAY after Rihanna’s rapper partner ‘shot pal in standoff’…but he claims weapon was a PROP
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A$AP Rocky, who has been charged with shooting a friend several times in a standoff, will start his trial today and is facing up to 24 years behind bars. The rapper, who has two children with pop superstar Rihanna, has pleaded not guilty and claimed he was spotted with a prop weapon.
![[A$AP Rocky at the Los Angeles Superior Court.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/asap-rocky-seen-superior-court-965832690.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayer, has been charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm for a 2021 incident in Hollywood. Rocky, 36, allegedly shot his former school friend A$AP Relli in a car park near the W hotel in Hollywood in November 2021.
![[Rihanna and ASAP Rocky at the Met Gala.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/line-beauty-metropolitan-museum-arton-839381004.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Relli, whose real name is Terell Ephron, once belonged to the same rap collective as Rocky, called A$AP Mob. It is claimed the pair's relationship had started to break down and they met that night to iron out their differences. Relli claimed this meeting went sour when Rocky allegedly pulled a gun from his waistband and shot at his former friend three or four times, grazing his knuckles.
![[A$AP Rocky arrives at court with his mother.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/asap-rocky-appears-court-supported-966060164_2db146.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The alleged victim went to the cops two days later with shell casings. Parts of the alleged standoff were caught on CCTV but no fingerprints were found on the casings. Also, the gun was never retrieved by police. Despite this, Rocky’s lawyer has claimed the weapon was a prop gun which could not fire real ammunition.
![[A$AP Rocky arriving at the Superior Court of Los Angeles.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/9d263a98-379d-4285-a421-4480a5d6e9cf.jpg?strip=all&w=717)
On Tuesday, Rocky turned down a plea offer of a six-month jail term, with a seven-year suspended sentence, and three years of probation. He now faces up to 24 years in prison if found guilty. The trial is expected to start in a Los Angeles courtroom around 8.30am local time (4.30pm GMT).
![[Rihanna and ASAP Rocky holding hands on a night out.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/rihanna-shows-off-bump-leather-814695798.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
