After weeks of being detained in Sweden following a street brawl, A$AP Rocky has been charged with assaulting 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari.
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Amid the trial, Jafari shared new surveillance footage of the altercation, showing the rapper’s bodyguard, Tee warning him to step back and leave Rocky and his crew alone.
When he refuses to leave, the security guard picks him up by the throat and aggressively moves him away.
See the footage below:
https://youtu.be/ZqdKZprbGrQ
Another video circulated on Twitter that showed a group of guys throwing Jafari on the ground and beating him up, although it’s unclear as to whether or not Rocky was one of them.
https://twitter.com/fuckagust/status/1146836486945464321
Prior to the trial, A$AP posted videos of the incident to his Instagram page, alleging that two young men had been following him, which is what led to the fight.
“HITS SECURITY IN FACE WITH HEADPHONES THEN FOLLOW US,” he wrote.
“SO A FEW DRUG ADDICTS ARE NOT MY FANS , WE DONT KNOW THESE GUYS AND WE DIDNT WANT TROUBLE , THEY FOLLOWED US FOR 4 BLOCKS , AND THEY WERE SLAPPING GIRLS BUTTS WHO PASSED , GIVE ME A BREAK.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzax42UnxN0/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://www.instagram.com/tv/BzazIJKHio6/?utm_source=ig_embed
Another video from the scuffle shows two gangs brawling, with the men claiming that the rapper broke his headphones and someone smashed a bottle on his head, although that was also disputed by A$AP’s lawyer.
Jafari’s version of events conflicts with Rocky’s. He told the court that he ran into A$AP after he was separated from his friends. He then asked the rapper if he had seen his friends, which allegedly didn’t go over well with the security guard.
Jafari claimed Tee told him to go away and pushed him. Jafari said, “If someone says in a nice way, ‘Go away from here,’ then you do. But he just pushed me. What he did was wrong.”
Then, Jafari alleged that Tee grabbed his throat, lifted him up, and carried him away from everyone else, all while choking him. Jafari said he broke his headphones in the process, which is why he was following A$AP in the other videos.
Tee ultimately evaded charges and A$AP was charged with assault. Jafari is asking for $16,000 for injuries and lost income, and a verdict will likely be reached on Friday.
