A$AP Rocky will stand trial on charges that he fired a gun at former friend Terell Ephron - aka A$AP Relli - in 2021, a judge has ruled.
The rapper, real name Rakim Mayers, appeared at a preliminary hearing on Monday, where the judge overseeing the case, ML Villar, said that the “totality of video and testimony” warranted sending the case to a full trial.
The rapper’s attorney Joe Tacopina told reporters that they were “not disappointed, not surprised” by the decision having “expected to go to trial”.
Mayers pleaded not guilty to firearms charges last year. He is accused of firing twice at Ephron during a “heated discussion in Hollywood” in November 2021.
CCTV footage put forward as evidence by the prosecution shows two men in an altercation, during which one of them apparently pulls out a gun. In a second video, two gunshots are heard and a man is seen leaving the scene.
Prosecutors say that they have confirmed that the man holding the gun in the video is Mayers, although he denies this.
No date has yet been set for the start of the trial. If found guilty, Mayers faces up to nine years in prison.
