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Rihanna appears first during the trial of her partner A $ AP Rocky

Rihanna appears first during the trial of her partner A $ AP Rocky

Los Angeles (AP) – Rihanna She appeared for the first time at the trial of her longtime partner A $ AP RockyOn the day of his most important testimony – a description of a former friend of the moment Rocky allegedly fired a weapon at him.

A superstar singer, who has two sons of toddlers with rapper Rocky, sat down without a view Camera of the courtroomBetween Rocky’s mother and sister, in the penal center in the center of Los Angeles. Safety brought her in a dumbly way to avoid crowds on Wednesday morning.

Rocky, whose legal name is Rakim Athelston Mayers, stands on the course of the trial Two allegations of crime that he fired a gun to a former friend who is known under the name A $ AP Relli and Terell Ephron was born. If he is convicted, Rocky may get up to 24 years in prison.

Rihanna looked on Wednesday, when Rell testified about the moment when Rocky allegedly fired at him on Hollywood Street in 2021.

He shouted angrily at Rocky, who left after the first confrontation and fight, when Rocky pulled the gun from the belt and held him in the air, testified by Relli.

“He turned around and then it was like a boom!” The jury said. “The whole thing was like a film, a bit as he pointed out and fired the first shot.”

He said “I felt my hot hand” and then added, “I was hit. Or I was grazed. I had no hole or anything. “

The key witness of the trial said that he caught one of their joint friends who were from Rocky after the first shot was fired and stood behind him to protect. He said he didn’t see Rocky shooting a second shot, and Rocky fled a moment later.

When jury was chosen, prosecutors asked them whether Rihanna’s relationship with the caseEspecially if she appeared in court, it will affect their ability to a guilty judgment.

Almost everyone interviewed her – a lot more than they heard about Rocky – and some described themselves as fans, but everyone claimed that this would not affect their decisions.

It was not clear whether they saw Rihanna or were aware of her presence while observing the testimony. She wore a long black dress with buttons at the front, which resembled a winter coat, and had a few glasses on her head during the interrogation of the prosecutor’s office.

Earlier in the trial that began on January 21, Relli said that he and Rocky, AP members, teams of creators in the New York high school, were close, but their relationship eroded after Rocky became famous.

He said that their relationship had been tight for years and worsened in the days preceding this incident, but he was still “angry” when Rocky pulled him a weapon after a blow, which began when they both met near W. Hotel. He dared to use it.

When Rocky left, he testified that he followed him and shouted until the arrows were fired.

Rocky’s lawyer says that the arrows he shot were not even from a real weapon – they were empty from the starting pistol, which he wore as a prop. The lawyer said that Relli knew about it, and that’s why he was so fearless walking behind him.

“Oh, it was a real weapon,” Relli testified on Wednesday, saying that he knew because of a scraped hand.

He said he felt at ease and shouting at Rocky because “I felt like this because he put him away and we are on a busy street in Hollywood. They will definitely not shoot it. “

He said that from the time of shooting and his decision to go to the police and testimonies he received the threat of death and was rejected as a snitch, and the modest career of the music management he built, broke up.

“It was a live hell,” Relli said.

About an hour after shooting Rell, he returned to the scene and said that he photographed and recovered two covers. Earlier, responding to a shooting report, the police found no one.

He sent an SMS to Rocky, who was shown in court with the information “You’re trying to kill me”.

Rocky denied this in his answer.

“Bro WTF, are you talking about why you say I was shooting at you.”

He sent rocky photos of shields and his grazed hand.

Rocky said he was inventing things and says “all types of nonsense” and tried to “force him”.

The court day ended after only a few hours of testimony due to planning problems. Rihanna was transferred by deputies, and Rocky came out separately through the door of the Court.

Defense will start hearing Rella on Thursday.

Rosened in Harlem, Rocky’s Rap Songs became a phenomenon in New York in 2011. He had its own groundbreaking trend when his first studio album came to the first place at Billboard 200 in 2013. The second, in 2015, did the same.

He has its greatest career year as a multimedia star. This Sunday is nominated for Grammy Award To get the best music video for his song “Tailor Swif” during the ceremony in Crypto.com Arena only two miles (3 kilometers) from the Court in Los Angeles, where his trial takes place.

He also at the head of the Rolling Loud Music festival to play opposite Denzel Washington in a film directed by Spike Lee, and co -chairman Met gala in May.

But the perspective of beliefs and the possibility of a long prison sentence cast a shadow on it.

Rocky and Rihanna, both 36, have two sons together: 2-year-old Rza Athelston Mayers and 1-year-old Riot Rose Mayers. She revealed that she was pregnant with a younger boy After the Super Bowl show headline in 2023 with a visible tumor for children.

The singer and rapper, who are mogeling of fashion, were first approached when he delivered the verse to her song “Cockiness (love it)” and performed it during MTV Video Music Awards. They became a couple in 2020.