U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky told a Swedish court on Thursday he had tried to avoid th...
STOCKHOLM - U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky told a Swedish court on Thursday he had tried to avoid the fight in downtown Stockholm that landed him and two of his entourage in custody and facing a charge of assault.
Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was detained following a brawl outside a hamburger restaurant in Stockholm on June 30. He and two of his entourage were charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. Giving testimony for the first time, Mayers said he had been scared after his group was followed by the plaintiff, a 19-year-old man, and his friend.When the two men attacked Mayers’ bodyguard, he reacted, grabbing 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari and throwing him to the ground.
“We’re in a foreign country, we’re approached by two strangers with aggressive behavior: ten months ago when I was with my cousin ... I was stabbed in my face by strangers,” he told the court.
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