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Jurors in the felony assault trial of A$AP Rocky got the case late Friday after a prosecutor told them in his closing argument that they must set aside their feelings for the hip-hop star, his singing superstar wife Rihanna, and their small children.
The Los Angeles jury of seven women and five men got the case late in the day and will begin discussing two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm on Tuesday, after a three-day weekend.
Convictions on both counts could mean up to 24 years in prison.
Rihanna came to court shortly after closing arguments began Thursday, as she did often during the three week trial. But for the first time she brought their 2-year-old and 1-year-old sons.
Deputy District Attorney John Lewin suggested it was an attempt to manipulate jurors.
Rocky is accused of firing two shots at a former friend on a Hollywood street corner in 2021.
His attorneys argued that he only fired blanks from a prop gun he had picked up for security on a music video shoot.
