Rihanna is Rocky’s longtime partner and the mother of their toddler sons. AP. Twelvyy, a rapper whose legal name is Jamel Phillips, has acted as an on-stage hype man for Rocky and has appeared ...

According to the Associated Press, Rocky (real name: Rakim Mayers) did not take the deal offered by Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday, Jan. 21, as jury selection started.

Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, faced up to 24 years in prison if convicted of the assault stemming from an alleged 2021 altercation with his former pal.

The 36-year-old has pleaded not guilty, and his attorney says he committed no crime. “We’re ready to go. It’s been a long time,” defense lawyer Joe Tacopina said after a hearing Wednesday.

Rihanna was regularly in the courtroom throughout the rapper’s legal battle.

A jury of seven women and five men was selected on Thursday and testimony began on Friday after prosecutors and Mayers' defense team delivered their opening arguments.

Amid the chaos, it took the clerk a while to read the second not guilty verdict, though it was very unlikely the jury would split on the counts.

After reviewing the footage during the investigation, Flores claimed that Rocky had a gun in his hand during the altercation. Under cross-examination, however, he revealed the gun was never recovered.

Here's some key elements of the case and how it played out: What jurors decided. Ultimately, it took the jury of seven women and five men roughly three hours to decide the case, finding Rocky not ...

Before the trial began, Tacopina had said Rocky was "eager to tell his story" and that "he would love the opportunity to do so." Defendants testifying in their own criminal cases is a notoriously ...

Ephron, the prosecution's star witness, accused Mayers of firing a gun at him during a confrontation in his three days on the witness stand. "[Rocky] turned around and then it was, like, BOOM ...

After announcing they were expecting their first baby, Rihanna recalled keeping her pregnancy a secret from her friends.. "It was harder for me to keep it from my posse, because they're around me ...