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On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the jury acquitted the rapper — who was accused of firing a semi-automatic handgun at his former friend and A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli in an altercation in November 2021 — of two charges of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm.


Before the verdict was announced at Los Angeles' Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, each jury member agreed the outcome was their "individual true and correct verdict."

After the first verdict was read, Rocky immediately jumped over the stand to hug his mother, sister and partner Rihanna. He also told the jury, "Thank y'all for saving my life. Thank y'all for making the right decision.”

The judge also thanked the jury for their time. "We cannot have jury trials without folks like you."

Rihanna also expressed gratitude following Rocky's acquittal, writing on her Instagram Stories: "The glory belongs to God and God alone!"

"Thankful, humbled by His mercy!" she added with a praying hands emoji.

On Friday, Feb. 14, the defense and prosecution concluded their closing statements and District Attorney John Lewin asked the jury not to be swayed by Rihanna's presence in the court.

"This is not something you're allowed to consider," Lewin told the jury in downtown Los Angeles of the pop star and the couple's two sons, RZA, 2½, and Riot, 18 months "We are all responsible for what we do."

He continued, "I want to make sure that no matter how famous his [partner] is, no matter how cute his kids are, no matter how much they giggle during closing arguments... he needs to be treated like any other person. Because in the end that's what he's entitled to."

The "Fashion Killa" rapper, 36, turned down a plea deal from prosecutors and opted for a jury trial instead of pleading guilty to one of two felony charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He is facing up 24 years in prison if found guilty.

In opening statements, Rocky's lawyer Joe Tacopina claimed the rapper was carrying a "prop gun" in the case of potential threats. "For Relli, it was never about justice... it’s about a man seeking a profit from a fabricated narrative," Tacopina said. "Rocky has nothing to hide here."

Meanwhile, the prosecution team recounted the events leading up to the altercation, claiming that Relli showed up thinking they would just "argue" and it would "repair their relationship."

“This is not a complicated case,” Przelomiec said in his opening statement. “The defense will turn in an alternative explanation to what happened that night… we ask that you do not leave your common sense at the door.”

During closing statements, which began on Feb. 13, the prosecution claimed that the gun was a prop gun "illogical" and "absurd."

Meanwhile, the defense told the jury there was inconsistencies in Relli's story and he "lied to your faces."

"Everything that doesn’t come from Relli shows you that this is not a real gun," he said.

Since Jan. 29, Rihanna has shown up to the trial on several occasions to support the rapper.

In January 2024, Tacopina told reporters that the "Praise the Lord" rapper was "cool as a cucumber" after his arraignment. He also said Rocky was ready to get the trial “over with so he can start enjoying his family.”

At a November 2023 hearing, Detective Frank Flores took the stand, and new surveillance video was unveiled where two loud pops, which the prosecution team claimed were the alleged shooting, were heard but not seen. More footage was shown in a prior hearing that month.