{"id":798531,"date":"2019-08-14T14:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=871773"},"modified":"2019-08-14T14:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:07:45","slug":"aap-rocky-responds-to-guilty-verdict-i-am-of-course-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/aap-rocky-responds-to-guilty-verdict-i-am-of-course-disappointed\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky Responds to Guilty Verdict: \u2018I Am of Course Disappointed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A$AP Rocky<\/a> said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d after a Swedish judge found him guilty of assault<\/a> for an altercation<\/a> that took place in Stockholm in late June.<\/p>\n

The rapper issued the statement on Instagram<\/a>, where he wrote, \u201cI am of course disappointed by today\u2019s verdict. I want to say thanks again to all of my fans, friends and everyone who showed me love during this difficult time. Imma keep moving forward. Thank you to my team, my management, attorneys, label and everyone who advocated for justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite the guilty verdict, A$AP Rocky and his two co-defendants \u2014 Bladimir Corniel and David Rispers \u2014 will not have to serve jail time. They were instead given suspended sentences and will have to pay damages to the victims, while also reimbursing the state for \u201cexpenses and public legal counsels.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the verdict, the Stockholm District Court found that Rocky and his associates were not acting in self-defense when they attacked a 19-year-old man, Mustafa Jafari, whom they claimed had been following them and ignoring repeated requests to leave them alone. And while one of the main focal points of the trial was Jafari\u2019s allegation that Rocky or a member of his group hit him with a bottle, the court stated that Jafari\u2019s claim couldn\u2019t be proven.<\/p>\n

The verdict in the case came two weeks after the end of Rocky\u2019s trail, at which point the judge decided to delay the verdict<\/a>, release the three defendants from custody and allow them to leave the country. On Sunday, Rocky performed at the Real Street Festival in Anaheim, California, where he addressed<\/a> the trial and his lengthy imprisonment<\/a> beforehand.<\/p>\n

\u201cY\u2019all know how happy I am to be here right now,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanna say this, though: When I was away \u2014 hold the mosh please, this a sentimental moment! \u2014 what I experienced was crazy \u2026 It was a scary, humbling experience, but I\u2019m here right now. God is good. People who ain\u2019t even fuck with me felt sympathy. People was praying for me. That uplifted me when my spirits was low. I can\u2019t thank y\u2019all enough, man. That was crazy. Hip-hop never looked so strong together.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A$AP Rocky said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d after a Swedish judge found him guilty of assault for an altercation that took place in Stockholm in late June. The rapper issued the statement on Instagram, where he wrote, \u201cI am of course disappointed by today\u2019s verdict. I want to say thanks again to all of my fans, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-23 00:45:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}