A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to an assault charge as his trial gets underway in Sweden.
American rapper A$AP Rocky entered a not guilty plea to an assault charge as his trial got underway Tuesday in Sweden. Two other members of his entourage were also facing charges in the high-profile legal case that has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and celebrities.
Swedish prosecutors allege that the GRAMMY-nominated rapper and the two other suspects"deliberately, together and in agreement" attacked the alleged victim, Mustafa Jafari, in central Stockholm on June 30. Prosecutors alleged in more than 500 pages of court documents that the three suspects beat and kicked Jafari while he was on the ground and that he was hit by parts of or a whole bottle.
Prosecutors have numerous photos of Jafari's cuts, bruises and blood-stained clothes as part of their evidence. The case has also drawn the attention of American celebrities including Kim Kardashian West and Mayers' fellow recording artists, Sean"Diddy" Combs and Justin Bieber, and spawned a #JusticeForRocky movement on social media.
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