ASAP Rocky testified Thursday at his assault trial in Sweden that he did everything possible to avoid conflict with two men he said persistently followed his entourage in Stockholm, saying that one of the men picked a fight with one of his bodyguards.
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Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused along with two other men believed to be members of his entourage of beating 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari on the streets of central Stockholm on the evening of June 30. Mayers testified in Stockholm District Court that Jafari and his friend refused to leave the entourage alone despite several appeals, and claimed they appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
He said the situation became tense after Jafari got into an argument with one of Mayers’ bodyguards near a fast-food restaurant as the rapper’s entourage stopped to rent electric scooters, which are widely available on the streets of Stockholm.“After a while, my security guard started pushing him [Jafari] away, begging him to leave,” said Mayers, who appeared in court wearing an all-green inmate uniform. He testified that he and his entourage just wanted to “deescalate” the situation.
“Me and my crew told them that, listen, don’t go where we are going, go the other way, we don’t want any trouble,” Mayers said. But he said that Jafari was persistent and would not back away.
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