US rapper A$AP Rocky has been found guilty of assault following an incident in Stockholm. The rappers, real name is Rakim Mayers, had claimed he acted in self-defence after the two men followed him around on June 30th.
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Mayers is avoiding jail though as he has been given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay damages to the victim. Two members of ASAP Rocky’s entourage, Bladimir Corniel and David Rispers, were also found guilty of the same charge.
The court would have gave the trio a two year jail sentence but none of them had any convictions over the past five years and had already spent time in custody awaiting their trial.
The court released a statement to say: “The assault has not been of such a serious nature that a prison sentence must be chosen,”
“The defendants are therefore sentenced to conditional sentences.”
A suspended sentence means as long as the rapper and his two men stay out of trouble with police they will avoid prison.
A$AP Rocky’s lawyer Slobodan Jovicic said he was “disappointed” by the decision and had hoped for a “complete acquittal”.
Mayers spent nearly a month in prison after the assault and had support of 600,000 fans who signed a #JusticeForRocky petition set up online. He also had the support of celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West, Justin Bieber, Post Malone and Shawn Mendes PLUS US President Donald Trump.
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