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A$AP Rocky Rejects Plea Deal, Claims Firearm Was a ‘Prop Gun’

A$AP Rock rejected a plea deal with jail time and revealed key defense strategy Tuesday as jury selection got underway in his L.A. gun assault trial.

Prosecutors claim he fired multiple shots on a street outside a Hollywood hotel during a quarrel with his former high school classmate and onetime collaborator A$AP Relli, born Terell Ephron. When Judge Arnold asked why the defense didn’t disclose the detail by the deadline for evidence exchange 30 days ago, Tacopina said he let prosecutors know Phillips planned to say Ephron turned violent first and that Mayers never fired on him. Deputy District Attorney Paul Przelomiec said his office made an offer with 180 days in county jail if Mayers pleaded guilty to the first count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

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