A$AP Rocky Rejects Plea Deal In A$AP Relli Shooting Case – The R Report
A$AP Rocky has turned down a plea deal in the A$AP Relli shooting case and will continue to trial once jury selection is complete.
Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillon was in the Los Angeles courtroom as the jury selection in the 2021 shooting case began on Tuesday (January 21).
According to Dillon, Rocky was offered three years probation, a seven-year suspended prison sentence and 180 days in county jail if he would plead guilty to Count 1, but as he told the judge, “I respectfully decline, thank you.”
Rocky’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, also revealed they have two witnesses who are ready to testify that the gun seen on the security video was a prop gun that Rocky carried “for security reasons.”
A$AP Rocky turning down the deal was expected, as his lawyer told Judge Mark S. Arnold at a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday (January 16): “From our side, we have no interest in a settlement. My client has indicated he’s not willing to take anything. But obviously, I will listen to anything, any offer. And I have an obligation and a duty to relay it to my client, which I will do.”
