A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault in Sweden stemming from a confrontation in Stockholm on June 30.
A$AP Rocky has just been charged with a crime after spending weeks in a Swedish jail. Prosecutors just hit him with Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm stemming from a street brawl in the country’s capital, if convicted he could spend 2 years behind bars.
The prosecutor said A$AP will continue to be held in jail pending a trial and the trial date has not been set, although it could be today. A rep for the prosecutor told the folks over at TMZ that the trial will be held within the next 2 weeks. The prosecutor expects the trial will last 3 days.
Two members of Rocky’s crew have also been charged with the same crime and they will also be held pending trial.
The Swedish prosecutor boasted that he had access to more information than people on the internet. He said he’s reviewed video and also talked to witnesses, and determined the claims by Rocky and his 2 crew members of self defense and provocation didn’t hold water, despite the fact the alleged victim is the one who unrelentingly harassed and attacked Rocky and his crew first.
The prosecutor says he also considered the alleged victim’s statement, which he says was supported by witness statements. Sources say the alleged victim admits striking A$AP’s bodyguard with a set of headphones, but only after the bodyguard lifted him off the ground by his neck, so the prosecutor viewed the headphones attack as self defense. BTW, the lifting by the neck is not on video, and interestingly, if the prosecutor really felt the bodyguard was the aggressor he would have been presumably charged … and the bodyguard has already been cleared.
The prosecutor also revealed he will NOT recommend the full 2 year sentence if A$AP is convicted. He won’t say what his recommendation will be — he says it depends on how the trial unfolds. As for the trial, he’s recommending it begin next Tuesday, and continue Thursday and Friday. BTW, a panel of 4 judges will hear the case, and at least 3 of them must decide an assault was committed for a conviction. If it’s a tie, the prosecutor can ask for a new trial. If Rocky is convicted, a judge will decide the sentence a week later.
