A$AP Rocky's trial begins as his lawyer claims the rapper was carrying a harmless prop gun during an alleged assault on former friend Terell Ephron.
was carrying a harmless prop gun from a music video on the night he allegedly shot a former friend in Hollywood , his lawyer told court Friday, as his trial on assault charges got underway., faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm during confrontations with Terell Ephron on November 6, 2021.
The two had previously been friends, and had both been part of ASAP, a rap collective from New York, but had fallen out because other members of the group felt Mayers' commercial success had made him arrogant."It was Relli who was looking for a fight," he said adding that CCTV footage from the scene showed it was Relli that made the first physical contact.
"The evidence will make clear that the object absolutely nothing more than a prop gun... a starter gun, a blank gun, a fake gun. It's used in pop movies and music videos."
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