Rapper A$AP Rocky Ordered to Stand Trial in Los Angeles on Assault Charges

Published on November 21, 2023

LOS ANGELES—Rapper A$AP Rocky, the romantic partner of recording star Rihanna and father of her two sons, was ordered on Monday to stand trial in Los Angeles on two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon. Rocky, 35, whose given name is Rakim Mayers, is accused of pointing a handgun at another hip-hop artist and former friend, Terell Ephron, during a heated argument, and then firing twice in Ephron’s direction during a second confrontation. Both encounters occurred on Nov. 6, 2021. Prosecutors alleged that Mr. Ephron suffered a minor injury in the shooting. Rocky was arrested in connection with the altercation five months later, in April 2022, as he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight from Barbados. He was charged in August of that year....

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