American rapper ASAP Rocky, suspected of assault after a brawl in Sweden, could be formally charged on July 19, 2019 in preparation for his trial for violence., whose detention in Stockholm on suspicion of assault during a street brawl has created a furore among his fans and fellow artists.
On July 5 the Stockholm District Court ordered that he should be kept in custody while the case was being investigated, as he was considered a “flight risk”. The rapper has claimed he was acting in self-defence, reacting to the provocations of two young men who harassed and followed him and his entourage.In the video, the rapper, who was in Stockholm for a concert, can be seen throwing one of the men into the street and then aiming several punches at him while he is down.In those, the young man can be seen arguing with the musician over a pair of headphones, and the artist repeatedly asks the man and his friend to stop following them.
US media reported Thursday that reality television star Kim Kardashian West, who has recently campaigned for criminal justice reform, had contacted the White House over the case.Former US ambassador to Sweden, Mark Brzezinski, told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that he had contacted the country’s foreign ministry and the Swedish royal family, calling the rapper’s arrest a matter of “racial injustice”.
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