Grammy-nominated rapper A$AP Rocky’s three-week trial has lastly come to an finish. On Tuesday, jurors started to deliberate his destiny…however issues didn’t shut out with no little bit of drama.
The trial concluded with two attorneys yelling at one another.
Rocky, whose actual identify is Rakim Mayers, was accused of firing a gun at a former good friend in 2021. Nonetheless, prosecutors claimed that Rocky had an argument with Terell Ephron (who goes by A$AP Relli), pulled a gun on him and fired two photographs at him moments later.
Rocky’s protection legal professional, Joe Tacopina, argued that his consumer was carrying a prop gun that evening which he obtained whereas taking pictures a music video. Tacopina additionally insisted that Rocky solely fired to cease Ephron from hurting his good friend, Illijah Ulanga.
The strain between Tacopina and Deputy District Lawyer John Lewin had been constructing all through the trial, however got here to a boiling level on Friday (Feb. 14).
Throughout Tacopina’s closing, he insinuated that prosecutors had “accepted” Ephron’s perjury. A break quickly adopted with the jury out of the room and Lewin repeated his objection per Courthouse Information Service.
Then, a hostile alternate befell.
“They settle for the truth that their witness dedicated perjury. That’s honest remark,” Tacopina stated.
Lewin rapidly reacted to this assertion.
“It isn’t honest remark. It’s fully unethical,” Lewin stated. He added that that Tacopina “doesn’t know or doesn’t care concerning the legislation.” Tacopina then exclaimed he “nearly had it from him.”
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than the pair insulted one another. Tacopina referred to as Lewin a “hunchback,” which drew fun from Rocky. Lewin then accused Tacopina of utilizing “steroids.”
With the jury returning, the pair stopped their bickering. Lewin completed his closing statements, which lasted practically five-and-a-half hours. If convicted, Rocky may face over 20 years in jail.