The test of A$ AP Rocky (genuine name: Rakim Mayers) for supposedly shooting a weapon at a previous good friend in November 2021 is underway in Los Angeles, after he rejected a last prosecution appeal deal of 180 days behind bars.
The hip-hop vocalist, star and developer is billed with 2 felony matters of attack with a semiautomatic weapon, coming from a supposed disagreement with A$ AP Relli (genuine name: Terell Ephron) outside a resort in Hollywood, Calif. Mayers, that shares 2 kids with the vocalist and developer Rihanna, begged innocent two times.
On Jan. 21, Mayers decreased the prosecution’s deal to beg guilty to among both matters and to obtain an advised seven-year put on hold sentence, 3 years of probation and a six-month prison term, according to the Associated Press.

A$ AP Rocky getting here in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday. (DUTCH/Bauer-Griffin/GC Pictures)
The test after that obtained underway, with court option and opening up declarations anticipated on Jan. 22 or later on.
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Below’s whatever we understand regarding the test, from just how much prison time Mayers deals with to whether Rihanna is anticipated to sustain him in court.
What are the accusations versus Mayers?
Ephron indicated at the November 2023 initial hearing that he and Mayers ended up being close friends in secondary school in New york city and were participants of A$ AP, which he called “a corporation of boys that have various skills.” As the occupation of the three-time Grammy candidate removed, their partnership fractured, Ephron declared. Ephron was seeing L.A. and fulfilled in person with Mayers to broadcast his complaints.
Ephron declared Mayers got here outside the W Resort with 2 various other guys, and while they traded words, Mayers drew a weapon from his waist and chance at him, skinning among his fingers raw. Ephron declared he made use of among Mayers’s close friends as a guard as Mayers contended him 3 or 4 even more times.

Terell Ephron, likewise referred to as A$ AP Relli, indicating versus Mayers throughout an initial hearing at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Court House in Los Angeles on Nov. 8, 2023. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail.com by means of AP, Swimming Pool)
They ran away the scene, yet Ephron claimed he returned an hour later on and got 2 housings off the road. He claimed he sent out Mayers a video clip of the cartridges, composing, “U attempt eliminating me.” Mayers responded informing him to “quit makin crap up” and to “call the authorities if i ‘fired’ @ u u weirdo.”
Ephron mosted likely to police 2 days later on to report the supposed case. Mayers was detained in April 2022, after returning from a holiday in Barbados with Rihanna.
While we will certainly understand extra throughout opening up declarations, Mayers’s lawyer Joe Tacopina exposed in court on Jan. 21 that the protection intends to call witnesses to indicate that a weapon seen on a protection video clip was a “starter gun” that can not terminate genuine ammo, which Rocky lugged as a prop for protection factors.
At the initial hearing, Tacopina, that has actually formerly stood for Head of state Trump, recommended Ephron made the tale of the capturing in hopes of a payment. Ephron submitted a civil situation versus Mayers in 2022, and Tacopina declared Ephron’s legal representatives asked Mayers’s civil lawyer for a financial negotiation after the rap artist was detained.
Tacopina informed the Associated Continue Jan. 15 that his customer was “prepared to go” to test, including, “It’s been a long period of time” coming. A November 2024 test day was delayed to ensure that Mayers might heading the Rolling Loud songs celebration in Thailand that month. “It’s been something that’s waiting over Rocky’s head and Rihanna and their family members’s go to a while. We fear to obtain this point underway and obtain this behind him,” Tacopina claimed.

Joe Tacopina getting to court with Mayers in L.A. on Jan. 8, 2024. (Michael Blackshire/ Los Angeles Times by means of Getty Images)
Tacopina claimed that he had not been yet certain if Mayers would certainly indicate. “He’s extremely verbalize, extremely smart,” the lawyer informed Wanderer. “He’s a great person, which would certainly appear if he affirms. Yet that’s a choice that has actually not been made yet. It depends exactly how the situation goes.”
Just how much time is Mayers dealing with?
If condemned on both felony matters of attack with a semiautomatic weapon, Mayers confronts 24 years in state jail.
How much time is the test anticipated to last?
About 3 weeks or 15 days.
Will it be streamed?
Adhering to court option, yes. Arnold claimed he will certainly enable electronic cameras in court throughout of the test, claiming, “I think that the general public should have to see what takes place in the court room.”
Will Rihanna go to the test?
Possibly. Throughout an October hearing, Arnold asked if “the mom of [Mayers’s] kids” would certainly remain in participation, including, “She rates to be below whenever she desires, I would certainly much like to understand.” Tacopina claimed this had actually not yet been determined.
On Jan. 15, the court and lawyers questioned in court regarding whether to describe Rihanna in court as “better half” or “better half,” according to video shared by acourt reporter, Meghann Cuniff Mayers and Rihanna are not wed, yet have actually been a pair considering that 2019.
While Tacopina claimed he really did not understand whether Rihanna would certainly remain in court, he informed the AP that Mayers is “extremely safety of Rihanna and does not desire her anywhere near this case. Yet that’s a household choice they’ll make.”
Up until now, Rihanna hasn’t showed up at any one of the hearings connected to this situation.

Rihanna and Mayers, that have actually been a pair considering that 2019 and share 2 kids, at the 2024 Style Honors in London on Dec. 2, 2024. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
If he is condemned, would certainly this be the very first jail time for Mayers?
No, the Harlem citizen was detained at age 16 on tried murder fees, he hassaid He invested 2 weeks in Rikers Island in New York City, yet the fees wound up being decreased, provided his age and the truth that it was a newbie crime, and he was launched.
In 2019, Mayers was detained for attack in Stockholm, Sweden, where he was executing, after a road disagreement he and 2 participants of his entourage were associated with with 2 various other guys. The rap artist, that kept that he was being adhered to and bugged by the affirmed targets prior to the battle, invested a month behind bars. The situation attracted nationwide interest, and he was launched prior to the judgment. He was eventually condemned yet was not punished to added prison time.
Does Mayers look like he’s prepping for a prison sentence?
No. He has many involvements turning up, from headlining the Rolling Loud songs fest in The golden state in March to co-chairing the 2025 Met Gala in Might. He’s likewise up for his 3rd Grammy Honor on Feb. 2, for his Taylor Swift-inspired tune “Dressmaker Swif.”
Mayers was arranged to go to the 2025 Sundance Movie Celebration, on behalf of If I Had Legs I would certainly Kick You, which premieres there on Jan. 24, yet that is no more occurring. He likewise has a function in Spike Lee’s upcoming movie, Highest Possible 2 Lowest, which stars Denzel Washington and is anticipated out in the summer season.
Mayers is likewise anticipated to launch his 4th workshop cd, Do Not Be Stupid, eventually this year.