A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault, weeks after he was arrested in Sweden over an alleged altercation with two men on the street.
This morning, the Swedish Prosecution Authority confirmed that the rapper has been charged along with two other individuals.
Public prosecutor Daniel Suneson of the City Public Prosecution Office said: “I have today commenced criminal proceedings against the three individuals suspected of assault causing actual bodily harm, having come to the conclusion that the events in question constitute a crime and despite claims of self defence and provocation.”
“In reaching this conclusion, I have studied the videos made available to the inquiry. It is worth noting that I have had access to a greater amount of material than that which has previously been available on the internet.”
“In addition to video material, the injured party’s statements have been supported by witness statements.”
Rocky, who has been detained in Stockholm since early July, has maintained his innocence and claimed that he was acting in self-defense.
Before he was jailed, the rapper posted videos of two men following him and his entourage on the street, and Rocky can be heard repeatedly telling them to stop following him.
One of the videos also showed one of the men hitting Rocky’s security guard with a pair of headphones.
The 30-year-old’s arrest has caused a lot of controversy, as his team have claimed that he’s being held in “unsanitary” conditions.
Over 600,000 people have signed a petition calling for the rapper to be freed, and Kim Kardashian and Kanye West even stepped in to help by contacting US President Donald Trump.
After speaking with the famous couple, Trump confirmed his plans to help free Rocky, and said he would be “calling the very talented Prime Minister of Sweden to see what we can do”.
However, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s office said in a statement that he would not intervene, and “underlined that in Sweden everyone is equal before the law.”
