A$AP Rocky was arrested on Tuesday after he performed at the Smash hip-hop festival in Stockholm, Sweden, CBS reports. Rocky along with three individuals were involved over an incident that occurred on Sunday (June 31). A Swedish office spokesman said that Rocky was arrested for suspected “gross assault.”
Under Swedish law, Rocky alongside his friends can be held for up to three days before they have to appear before a judge to face formal charges, but it might not take that long.
Yesterday (July 2) ASAP Rocky posted video clips to his Instagram channel of the incidents that led to the altercation while stating his innocence.
“So a few drug addicts are not my fans,” he said on his Instagram account. “We don’t know these guys and we didn’t want trouble, they followed us for 4 blocks, and they were slapping girls butts who passed, give me a break.”
The video shows the ASAP and his team walking away from the two young men while Rocky’s bodyguard asks the two gentlemen to go the opposite direction. The video appears to show the two individuals arguing about a pair of headphones or a cellphone. ASAP said on Instagram that one of the men hit his bodyguard with a pair of headphones.
A woman, not seen in the video, can be heard telling the rapper that one of the young men, “slapped my ass and my girlfriend’s ass.”
See footage below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzax42UnxN0/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://www.instagram.com/tv/BzazIJKHio6/?utm_source=ig_embed
