A$AP Rocky's Lawyer Joe Tacopina Discusses Upcoming Gun Assault Trial

A judge in Los Angeles on Friday declined to dismiss assault charges against rapper A$AP Rocky, clearing the way for a trial over a 2021 confrontation with a longtime friend in Hollywood.

Lawyer Joe Tacopina argued the judge in Rocky’s preliminary hearing wrongly curtailed cross-examination of the alleged victim, Terrell “Relli” Ephron, but Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Karla Kerlin said Tacopina conducted “a vigorous and aggressive cross-examination.”

“Based on the two transcripts, the credibility of the victim was strenuously tested by the cross-examination in this case, and it gives a flavor of what’s to come should this matter proceed to trial,” Kerlin said.

Kerlin rescheduled Rocky’s trial for Nov. 12, with a pre-trial conference scheduled for Oct. 22. On Sept. 4, she’ll review personnel records for two police detectives and decide if any should be released to the defense as potentially exculpatory or helpful defense evidence under the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court Brady v. Maryland. The in-camera review responds to another motion from Tacopina.

Rocky did not attend Friday’s hearing. Tacopina said afterward “we were not overly optimistic” the judge would dismiss the case.

“We understood the likelihood of success on this motion was slim. It’s just part of the process. We had to make the motion, obviously, to secure and preserve the record,” said Tacopina, New York City-based lawyer whose past clients include rapper Meek Mill and former President Donald Trump. He appeared in court Friday with his law partner, Chad Siegel, and Los Angeles-based lawyer Sara Caplan.

“Rocky and his family are very eager to get this thing to trial,” Tacopina said, adding that the rapper “is fully immersed in fatherhood right now.”

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