A$AP Rocky Detained In Sweden For Two Weeks
A$AP Rocky is staying in Sweden longer than he hoped to. After getting right into a brawl on Sunday forward of his look at a music competition in Sweden, the rapper was legally ordered to remain put for 2 weeks in pre-trial detention whereas the police examine the altercation.
Based on the Hollywood Reporter, prosecutor Fredrik Karlsson mentioned on Friday that, following the listening to on the Stockholm District Courtroom, A$AP — actual identify Rakim Mayers — “was to be held on a lesser assault cost than he initially had demanded.”
Protection lawyer Henrik Olsson Lilja mentioned Rocky and his staff “had been attacked and he made use of self-defense,” earlier than including that they’d be interesting the ruling.
This all comes following experiences that the “Style Killa” rapper was concerned in a struggle on Sunday forward of his look at a music competition within the nation. The opposite celebration concerned within the altercation stays nameless, as of this publishing.
Video clips have been circulating on social media exhibiting A$AP violently tossing round an individual whereas members of his staff joined in punching and kicking the particular person to the bottom. The rapper has since posted movies of his personal, claiming that the opposite celebration was repeatedly harassing him and his entourage.
“I am harmless,” he wrote on Instagram.
He was arrested on Wednesday and was pressured to cancel his performances in Norway and Poland. His world tour has additionally been paused because of the incident.