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ASAP Rocky Vows Never To Return To Sweden Upon Release From Jail
American rapper, ASAP Rocky, is reportedly back in the United States after he was temporarily released from custody in Sweden ahead of an expected verdict in an assault trial fixed for August 14.
The rapper, who has been detained in Stockholm for about a month, with he and two people in his entourage pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting a 19-year-old man in the Swedish capital in June, has vowed never to go back to the country not matter what happens, according to TMZ.
Over the past week, a court has heard evidence and testimonies about the brawl, which led to ASAP Rocky’s detention in the country, with the rapper claiming he, Bladimir Corniel and David Rispers were acting in self-defence as a fight broke out near the Max Burger chain on 30 June after two men allegedly refused to stop following his entourage.
But in court on Friday, the prosecution said ASAP Rocky and his companions had “every possibility” to leave the scene and that they were not in a position where they needed to use “self-defence,” as prosecutor, Daniel Suneson, told the Stockholm District Court that the rapper should be jailed for about six months.
ASAP Rocky’s defence lawyer, Slobodan Jovicic, argued that the incident was not a pre-meditated group assault and the rapper should be set free, a line the Swedish judge, Per Lennerbrant, agreed with, setting ASAP Rocky and his two co-accused free from custody and able to leave the country ahead of a verdict.
An online petition calling for the rapper’s release had gathered more than 640,000 signatures.
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