ASAP Rocky’s ex-friend due to testify in hip-hop star’s firearm-assault trial
ASAP Rocky’s ex-friend due to testify in hip-hop star’s firearm-assault trial
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ASAP Relli expected to recount how Rocky allegedly fired a gun at him on a Hollywood street in 2021. A former friend of ASAP Rocky is set to testify on Wednesday about the moment the hip-hop star allegedly fired a gun at him on a Hollywood street in 2021.
The trial’s key witness, known by the name ASAP Relli, will provide what is likely to be the trial’s most important piece of testimony when he gets back on the stand. Rocky, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, has pleaded not guilty two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. His lawyer says the shots he fired were blanks from a starter pistol that he carried as a prop.
On Tuesday, Relli, born Terell Ephron, described the first part of the confrontation, and was on the verge of describing the alleged shooting itself when court ended for the day. He said he and Rocky, members of ASAP, a crew of creators at a New York high school, had been close but their relationship eroded after fame came for Rocky.
He said their relationship had been strained for years and getting worse in the previous days, but he was still “furious” when Rocky pulled a gun on him after a scuffle that began the moment the two met up near the W Hotel. “I told him to use it. Because mentally I couldn’t believe it,” Relli testified, with his old friend staring at him intently from the defense table. “I physically could not believe there was a gun in my face. That was the breaking point for me.”.
