Rapper A$AP Rocky arrives at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) AP The Associated Press Rihanna has made her first appearance at the Los Angeles trial of her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, with whom she has two toddlers.
The singer superstar on Wednesday morning sat out of view of the courtroom’s cameras , next to Rocky’s mother and sister in the downtown Los Angeles criminal courthouse. Security brought her into the courtroom surreptitiously to avoid crowds. Rocky has been standing trial on two felony charges that he fired a handgun at a former friend, known by the name A$AP Relli, who testified Wednesday about the moment Rocky allegedly fired a gun at him on a Hollywood street in 2021.
“I was hit. Or I was grazed. I didn’t have a hole or nothing,” Relli told jurors.
The trial’s key witness said he grabbed one of their mutual friends who were with Rocky after the first shot was fired and stood behind him for protection. He said he did not see Rocky fire the second shot, and Rocky ran away moments later. Relli then testified he was walking after Rocky and shouting at him when Rocky turned around and fired.
Rocky had lifted the gun up and aimed downward, Relli said. When jurors were being selected, prosecutors asked them whether Rihanna’s connection to the case , especially if she appeared in court, would affect their ability to deliver a guilty verdict. Nearly all those questione.
