Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, appears in court during his felony assault trial at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, February 14, 2025. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Rocky’s case has officially been decided.
After three weeks of trial, a verdict has been announced in A$AP Rocky’s felony guns case. On Tuesday evening, a jury found Rocky not guilty on two counts of first-degree assault with a semiautomatic weapon.
"A jury has ACQUITTED A$AP Rocky of two counts of first-degree assault with a semiautomatic firearm for his Nov. 6, 2021, confrontation with Terell "Relli" Ephron in Hollywood," reads court reporter Meghann Cuniff's tweets announcing the verdict, the reading of which was streamed on Law&Crime Trials on YouTube. "The verdict is he's NOT GUILTY on both counts. Rocky was accused of shooting one-time associate Terell “Relli” Ephron on November 6, 2021."
For the entire case, Rocky and his defense insisted that he used a fake gun and accused Ephron of perjury. Throughout the trial, Rocky's defense team found multiple inconsistencies in his case. While one juror told Cuniff that most of the jury believed that Rocky had fired an actual gun at Ephron, there wasn't enough evidence for them to find Rocky guilty of the crime.
Following the announcement of the verdict, Rocky gave thanks to God and jurors for the outcome. "I really want to thank the jury for making the right decision. I'm just so thankful, this is crazy right now," Rocky said. "This whole experience has been crazy for the past four years but I'm thankful, nonetheless, I'm thankful and I'm blessed to be here right now, to be a free man talking to y'all right now."
Watch Rocky's post-verdict speech for yourself below.
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