The Swedish judge overseeing the case against A$AP Rocky delayed the verdict until August 14th and released the rapper from custody, allowing him to return to the U.S. until the verdict is delivered
reached out to the White House on the rapper’s behalf. Trump reportedly reached out to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to vouch for Rocky and said he would personally pay the rapper’s bail . When A$AP Rocky was finally charged, Trump tweeted, “Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for being unable to act. Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States. I watched the tapes of A$AP Rocky, and he was being followed and harassed by troublemakers.
On Tuesday, A$AP Rocky’s trial opened with the rapper entering a not guilty plea. That same day, the alleged victim, 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari, testified that he approached A$AP Rocky and his crew after being separated from his friend, and he wanted to see if the group had seen him. Jafari alleged that Rocky’s bodyguard pushed him, lifted him up by his throat and broke his headphones. He also claimed that during the fight, A$AP Rocky or a member of his group hit him with a bottle.
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