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US Rapper Rakim Mayers, better known as A$AP Rocky appears in a Los Angeles Superior courtroom in Los Angeles, California, USA, 17 August 2022. A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault charges stemming from a November run-in with a former friend in Hollywood. The rapper remains free on 550,000 US dollars bond and is due back in court on 02 November.

A$AP Rockyhas pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with a firearm in Los Angeles stemming from a November 2021 incident.

On Wednesday, the 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, appeared in person at a court in Los Angeles to enter the not guilty pleas, according toThe Independent.

Rocky reportedly spoke only to confirm his name and acknowledge that his rights had been read to him. The arraignment comes just two days afterLos Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the chargesagainst the “D.M.B.” rapper, stemming from an alleged shooting that occurred on Nov. 6, 2021.

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The star was in a “heated discussion in Hollywood” when prosecutors allege he aimed a semi-automatic handgun at his ex-friend, A$AP Relli. He’s accused of allegedly shooting twice toward the victim during the “subsequent confrontation,” according to a release issued Monday.

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Relli’s lawyers said in the civil complaint that Mayer’s conduct was “extreme and outrageous” and caused their client to suffer “severe emotional distress,” according to the document.

“Defendant [Mayers] purposefully or with reckless disregard unlawfully brandished a firearm towards the plaintiff [Ephron],” the complaint states. “Further, defendant purposefully or with reckless disregard caused a bullet projectile/fragment to hit the plaintiff.”

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“In both instances, defendant’s conduct was unlawful or otherwise extreme and outrageous,” the document continued.

Relli is suing for $25,000 in damages, as well as additional damages in order to cover his medical bills after the incident.

Judge Victoria B. Wilson issued Rocky a restraining order that mandates he stay at least 100 yards away from Relli at all times and set a preliminary trial date for Nov. 2, according toThe Independent.

Rocky was previouslyarrested at Los Angeles International Airportfor the incident after he arrived on a private plane from Barbados withRihannaon April 20, only a few weeks beforethe birth of their son. He was later released after posting a $550,000 bond.

source: people.com