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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky shrug off their problems on a glam festive date night in LA – as rapper faces prison time in gun assault trial

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky looked like they were getting into the holiday mood during a date night on Sunday as the rapper’s assault trial looms.

The 35-year-old Fenty Beauty mogul and 35-year-old rapper were dressed to the nines for a romantic dinner at celeb hotspot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California.

Rocking a chic fur head wrap, blue satin shirt, matching jacket and a pair of faded denim, the We Found Love songstress looked like she stepped off the cover for a magazine.

The rapper held her hand while exiting the eatery as he rocked a light brown ensemble of coordinated plaid shirt, jacket and pants.

The superstar couple appeared focused on each other as the outing comes a few weeks after a judge ordered A$AP to stand trial on two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky looked like they were getting into the holiday mood during a date night on Sunday as the rapper’s assault trial looms

The 35-year-old Fenty Beauty mogul and 35-year-old rapper were dressed to the nines for a romantic dinner at celeb hotspot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.

The entertainer allegedly shot a gun at his former friend, A$AP Relli (Terell Ephron), in 2021.

‘The totality of the video and testimony shows there is sufficient evidence for the defendant to go to trial,’ Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar said during the hearing on November 20, per New York magazine.

She set the court date for January.

During the preliminary hearing, Ephron detailed how his relationship with A$AP deteriorated after A$AP’s rise to fame.

On the night of the shooting A$AP called Ephron to a meeting at an LA hotel where they argued before A$AP pulled a gun on him.

‘I’ll kill you right now,’ Ephron recalled him yelling as A$AP held a gun to his stomach, before firing a series of shots as he left the room.

One shot hit him in the hand but it was the following day before Ephron summoned up the courage to report the shooting and a warrant was issued for the rapper’s arrest.

Ephron was ‘struck by bullet projectile/fragments’ in his left hand and required medical attention, according to the court papers, per BBC.

Rihanna rocked a chic fur head wrap, blue satin shirt, matching jacket and a pair of faded denim

The rapper held her hand while exiting the eatery

A$AP rocked a light brown ensemble of coordinated plaid shirt, jacket and pant

He is seeking at least $25,000 in damages.

A$AP has pleaded not guilty.

If convicted, he could face up to nine years in prison, per the BBC.

The Los Angeles Police Department first announced the charges — two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm — in August 2022.

This came four months after the rapper (whose legal name is Rakim Mayers) was arrested upon returning from a trip to Barbados with Rihanna.

The rapper has been dating Rihanna since approximately 2020, though neither confirmed the relationship until May 2021, when he called her the ‘love of my life’ in a GQ interview

Rihanna added an animal print heel to the luxurious fashion mix

The hitmaker carried a matching fur clutch for the date

Rihanna styled her locks long and loose under the fur hat

At the time of the rapper’s arrest, the LAPD reportedly searched A$AP Rocky’s L.A. home and released the details of the incident, which took place in an obscure location outside the W Hotel in Hollywood, Los Angele on November 6.

A news release from the LAPD referred to A$AP Rocky and the victim as “two acquaintances” and said they had gotten into an argument that “escalated and resulted in the suspect firing a handgun.”

The victim told officers that A$AP Rocky had shot at him “three to four times,” grazing his left hand, before fleeing with two other men. The shooting does not appear to have been reported in the press at the time.

Over the past decade, A$AP Rocky has encountered legal troubles on multiple occasions, facing two assault charges stemming from public altercations.

In July 2019, he was apprehended in Sweden following a street altercation involving him and three members of his entourage with another individual.

The superstar couple appeared focused on each other as the outing comes a few weeks after a judge ordered A$AP to stand trial on two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm

The entertainer allegedly shot a gun at his former friend, A$AP Relli (Terell Ephron), in 2021

A judge set the court date for January

Both sides asserted acts of self-defense.

A$AP Rocky spent six weeks in Swedish detention and, following a trial, was found guilty of simple assault, being mandated to pay $1,270 in damages.

The performer, raised in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, was also charged with attempted murder at 16 years old.

A$AP, who started selling drugs during his youth, was reportedly bullied by an older man.

He went to the alleged bully’s house to confront him and ended up firing a gun at him.

On the night of the shooting A$AP called Ephron to a meeting at an LA hotel where they argued before A$AP pulled a gun on him

‘I’ll kill you right now,’ Ephron recalled him yelling as A$AP held a gun to his stomach, before firing a series of shots as he left the room

Ephron was ‘struck by bullet projectile/fragments’ in his left hand and required medical attention, according to the court papers

The couple welcomed their first child, RZA, a few weeks after A$AP’s arrest

A$AP has pleaded not guilty

If convicted, A$AP could face up to nine years in prison

The rapper has been dating Rihanna since approximately 2020, though neither confirmed the relationship until May 2021, when he called her the ‘love of my life’ in a GQ interview.

The couple welcomed their first child, RZA, a few weeks after A$AP’s arrest.

Their second son, Riot Rose, arrived in August.

 

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