American Rapper, Asap Rocky disappointed with the verdict of the Swedish Court that found him guilty on alleged assault case, after he was arrested following a street brawl with some fans in Stockholm, Sweden.
The reaction from A$AP Rocky comes a day after himself and two of his friends were found guilty by Swedish court where they were standing trial for assaulting two men in a street brawl.
The Swedish Court rather than sentence the rapper who is already in his home country of the United States of American, ordered him and his friend to pay a fine of SEK 12,500, which is about $1,300.
The rapper was released on August 2nd 2019 following the intervention from President Donald Trump and others who had condemned the continued detention of the rapper without trial. He was then released pending when the Swedish Court decides his fate, which was done yesterday August 14th 2019.
Taking to his Instagram page to register his frustration, the rapper had this to say about the judgement:
“I AM OF COURSE DISAPPOINTED BY TODAY’S VERDICT. I WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF MY FANS, FRIENDS, AND EVERYONE WHO SHOWED ME LOVE DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. IMMA KEEP MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU TO MY TEAM, MY MANAGEMENT, ATTORNEYS, LABEL AND EVERYONE WHO ADVOCATED FOR JUSTICE. 🙏🏿”
We had reported that Swedish prosecutors in the case had asked that Rocky and his friends who have spent a month in jail remain there because he was a flight risk, but the judges disagreed.
After the three-day trial, prosecutors told the court they believed a jail sentence was required and wanted A$AP to serve six months behind bars.
In his closing argument, Swedish prosecutor Daniel Suneson argued that A$AP should be sentenced harsher than the other defendants. Suneson said, “I don’t think anything other than jail is possible.”
He explained that he and his friends just wanted to walk around Sweden, get some air, and check out the sites. He said things were going well and they even took electric scooters to help get around.
He said people started to approach his security guard but A$AP didn’t pay much attention and the security guard asked them to leave. Next thing A$AP knows, the security guard grabs the alleged victim by the collar and moves him out of the way.
A$AP said the situation was a little scary and he said he “assumed that these guys were under the influence of some kind of drug.”
He testified that he and his friends tried to tell the guy, “Listen, don’t go where we are going, go the other way, we don’t want any trouble.”
A$AP said the guy was persistent and A$AP says he put a hand on the guy’s shoulder, in a “peaceful way,” and told him, “Look, man, we do not want to fight. We do not want problems. We do not want to go to prison. Please go.”
A point of contention throughout the trial was the alleged use of bottles during the fight.
A$AP said he and his friends noticed bottles on the ground. He testified they picked them up because they “didn’t want them to get hold of these bottles, to have them in their possession.” He says eventually he got rid of it.