June 30
ASAP Rocky is in Stockholm for a gig at the hip hop festival Smash x Stadion.
He and people in his touring company get into a fight with two men.
The quarrel is captured on film.
July 1
The American entertainment site TMZ publishes a clip where you see how ASAP Rocky and a number of other people throw a guy on the ground and then aim kicks at him.
July 2
ASAP Rocky posts a "counter-clip" on his Instagram account where he shows that the person who was beaten and another guy are following him.
In the evening, ASAP Rocky performs at the Smash festival in Stockholm and is then arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault.
July 3 and 4 The
artist's planned gigs in Norway and Poland are canceled.
July 5
ASAP Rocky is arrested, the degree of suspicion is written down from aggravated assault to assault.
"There is a risk that he will deviate freely or otherwise evade prosecution or punishment," the district court wrote in the decision.
ASAP Rocky's lawyer Henrik Olsson Lilja appeals arrest to the Court of Appeal and is rejected, whereupon he appeals to the Supreme Court and is rejected again.
TMZ reports that the artist is being held captive in deplorable conditions.
Something he himself later denies through his lawyer.
Several artists state that they intend to boycott Sweden in the future due to the fall of ASAP Rocky.
Tyga cancels a gig in Gothenburg.
July 11
All
July
gigs are canceled.
Before the visit to Stockholm, twelve concerts were planned for the month of July.
July 12
Margot Wallström speaks since the former US ambassador and a US congressman criticized the arrest.
July 13 The
artist changes defense lawyer to Slobodan Jovicic.
July 19 The
prosecutor requests an extended prosecution period until Thursday, July 25.
July 20
US President Donald Trump writes on Twitter that he has fast talks with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven about ASAP Rocky.
Löfven confirms that talks have taken place.
Trump writes that he has offered to pay bail for the artist - something that is not possible in the Swedish legal system.
July 22 The
suspicions against the plaintiff in the case are closed after the ASAP Rocky bodyguard reported him to the police in connection with the scuffle on June 30.
July 24
Sweden's US Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter is forced to cancel her holiday to meet with US congressmen.
July 25
Prosecutor Daniel Suneson announces that ASAP Rocky and the other two men who were detained will be prosecuted and detained until the trial.
July 30 The
trial against ASAP Rocky and two other men in his touring company begins in Stockholm District Court.
During the day, the prosecutor, the plaintiff's counsel and three defense attorneys gave their presentations.
Plaintiffs were also questioned.
August 1 The
second day of the trial takes place and you continue where you finished the first, with interrogation of the plaintiffs.
ASAP Rocky and the other two defendants are also being questioned.
August 2
Third day of trial.
Two girls who were present at the incident and ASAP Rocky's bodyguard testified.
After the negotiations ended, it was announced that ASAP Rocky and the co-defendants will be released pending the verdict, which will come on 14 August.
On 14 August
, the Stockholm District Court announced that ASAP Rocky and two co-defendants would be sentenced to a suspended sentence. They must also pay damages to the plaintiff of SEK 12,500 for pain and suffering.
ASAP Rocky: This has happened
2021-06-07T04:08:23.884Z
Hip-hop star ASAP Rocky and two people in his touring company were sentenced on August 14 to a suspended sentence for an assault that took place at the end of June. The legal process has been covered by the media all over the world and during the summer created diplomatic tensions between Sweden and the United States. Here is a summary.
Source: svt