STOCKHOLM - A teenager told a Swedish court on Tuesday that he was kicked and punched by U.S. rapper Rakim Mayers whose stage name is A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage during an altercation outside a hamburger restaurant in Stockholm last month.
Outlining his case using videos from security cameras and witnesses' mobile phones, prosecutor Daniel Suneson said that following an altercation in central Stockholm, Mayers threw 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari to the ground, after which he and two of his entourage kicked and punched him.Jafari told the court he was pushed and grabbed by the neck by Mayers' bodyguard outside a restaurant and followed the rapper's group to get back his headphones.
"Rakim Mayers thought that these people .. were attacking his bodyguard and it is on those grounds he subsequently acts," lawyer Slobodan Jovicic told the court.Mayers has said Jafari provoked him and his two companions, who are also charged with assault and pleaded not guilty. If convicted at the Stockholm district court, they could face up to two years in jail.
Trump had asked Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to help free Mayers, and tweeted messages saying he was disappointed in Lofven and demanding: "Treat Americans fairly!"Sweden's judiciary is independent of the political system and Lofven has said he will not influence the rapper's case."One of the most important tasks of the Department of State and U.S. embassies and consulates abroad is to provide assistance to U.S.
Uncle Donald couldn't get your case thrown A$AP like u were hoping, hey Rocky. Hope u spend the 2 years in a Swedish prison. U can't act in a foreign country like u do in your own hood. Don't worry, Uncle Donald still likes your crappy music...
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