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A$AP Rocky’s prosecutors rest case at his felony trial over two assault charges
Five witnesses called in eight days, including accuser A$AP Relli, who was on stand for three day’s worth of testimony
Los Angeles county prosecutors rested their case on Thursday at the trial of rapper and fashion mogul A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. He already opted to take a significant risk by turning down the prosecution’s pre-trial offer of a recommended sentence of just 180 days in jail and other relatively minor penalties in exchange for a guilty plea on one count. The verdict could depend upon how much weight they give to Relli’s descriptions of the incident, his possible dishonesty about other elements like the calls, and whether they think his seeking money undermines him, as the defense has gone to great lengths to contend.
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