A $ AP Rocky is possible in the greatest legal fight of his life.
The rapper is confronted with a test of two crime counts of abuse with a semi -automatic firearm related to an alleged shooting incident from 2021 in Hollywood – and has rejected a plea of the persecution.
Rocky, 36, is accused of shooting shots at Terell Ephron – aka A $ AP Relli – who claims that the alleged shots “graze his knuckles”.
The prosecutors offered the artist a deal that would have obliged him to owe to one of the two crime counts in exchange for a recommended 180 days in prison and three years of probation.
Rocky’s decision to refuse their offer could go one of the two ways, according to ‘True Crime News’ host Ana Garcia.
“I think he has a strong matter – I really believe that,” the journalist exclusively told The Post. ‘I’m not sure how strong The evidence is. And it’s always a gamble. You get the chance to defend yourself. You get the chance to go for a jury. You get the chance to let them decide your fate, and sometimes that is really risky. “
Garcia noted that it is not uncommon for people who believe in their innocence to take their chances during the process.
“As in your heart, and you see this a lot, especially if they believe they are innocent, they are like: ‘No, absolutely not. I am innocent. I want my day to court and I will prove it, “she explained.
But as many know, proclaiming your innocence does not make it true.
Garcia added: “Now, you still have people who are really guilty of things that will also say: ‘No, no, no, no! I am innocent ‘ – like Sarah Boone. “
Boone was sentenced to life in prison after she was found guilty of second -degree murder of the zippers of her boyfriend in a suitcase and left him in until he died.
“She previously received a sweet deal and was eventually convicted and spent the rest of her life in prison,” Garcia continued. “In that case there was even video that implied her. So you would think she should have closed the deal. ‘
In the case of Rocky, police officers searched the scene, but found no physical proof of a shooting, such as Shell -Oomhulsels or bullet holes. Two days after the alleged incident, Relli reportedly brought Shell -Omhulsels to the police and claimed that he took them out of the scene.
“I am quite surprised by that,” Garcia mused. “That is unusually unusual and the housing that he says it is of his shooting do not correspond to weapons that the authorities have sought. The authorities have served a house search order on a $ AP Rocky’s house and they found registered weapons. He has a permit to wear a hidden weapon, but the weapons that he had not linked to the bullet housing found, picked up and delivered by the victim. “
As the anchor put it, “that is confusing.”
In addition to proclaiming his innocence, Rocky’s lawyers touched the jury selection.
His lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said they were “worried” that is less than 5% of the jury pool black, while the area they are drawn from is 9% Afroamerikan.
“Totally agree,” Garcia said furiously. ‘How can you not have Afro -Marikans in this jury? This is Los Angeles. We are perhaps the most racist, ethnic, various city in the country – it’s great. “
The real crime expert joked: ‘You tell me that you could not find several Afro -Americans during this entire process to be in this test? That is absurd. “
Rocky is now confronted with a maximum of 24 years in prison if he is found guilty.
