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A$AP Rocky hails superstar lawyer Joe Tacopina after acquittal and looks forward to getting back to life with Rihanna and kids


A$AP was visibly joyous when he heard he was acquitted of all charges and hugged his high-profile lawyer Joe Tacopina who Rocky pledged to name his third son after in his honor.

Tacopina notably was praised for his skills during the civil defamation and battery case brought by former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carrol, even though Trump lost that suit and was ordered to pay $5million in damages The pugnacious New Yorker was still in law school when he got his big break working for the team of lawyers that secured an acquittal for Mafia boss John Gotti in the shooting of a union official. His cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll in her defamation and battery suit against the President was singled out last year as 'textbook' by retired judge and TV commentator Andrew Napolitano in spite of Trump losing.

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