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Rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault charges stemming from a 2021 shooting incident\u00a0in California.<\/p>\n
In a Los Angeles courtroom, the artiste, whose given name is Rakim Mayers, appeared before Judge Victoria Wilson to answer to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Rocky appeared in court wearing a navy blue suit, punctuated with a dark tie and black face mask,\u201d according to a CNN report.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do your honour,\u201d Rocky answered when asked if he understood the charges and court process.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege that during a heated discussion with a former friend last November, Rocky supposedly pointed a semiautomatic handgun at the victim. In a subsequent confrontation, Rocky allegedly fired the gun twice in the direction of the victim.<\/p>\n
A criminal protective order was implemented by the court, directing Rocky not to have any contact with the accuser and he must turn over any firearms within 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Any travel must be cleared through the court ahead of time.<\/p>\n
Rocky remains free on $550,000 bail and is expected back in court on November 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cDischarging a gun in a public place is a serious offence that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,\u201d George Gasc\u00f3n, LA County District Attorney,\u00a0said in a statement\u00a0to CNN <\/em><\/strong>on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cMy office conducted a thorough review of the evidence in this case and determined that the addition of a special firearm allegation was warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault charges stemming from a 2021 shooting incident\u00a0in California. In a Los Angeles courtroom, the artiste, whose given name is Rakim Mayers, appeared before Judge Victoria Wilson to answer to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Rocky appeared in court wearing a navy blue suit, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1183944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4800,2103,1787,12871,8384,7634],"class_list":["post-1183940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aap","tag-assault","tag-charges","tag-guilty","tag-pleads","tag-rocky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}