About a dozen supporters erupted in loud cheers.
Thank you for making the right decision.
Im just so thankful.
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are seen leaving court on Feb. 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.DUTCH/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
This is crazy, right now.
This whole experience has been crazy for the past four years.
Rihanna clearly heard the question, spun around and appeared offended.
How you think it feels?
She then rubbed Mayers back supportively before the couple linked arms and climbed into a waiting SUV.
Minutes later, she shared an Instagram post: The glory belongs to God and God alone!
Thankful, humbled by his mercy!
They have evidence of extortion.
Thats selling a criminal case for money, Tacopina toldRolling Stone.
They should prosecute him.
He made a mockery of their office.
(Lawyers for Ephron did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.)
But it didnt take long once they focused on issues with the evidence, she said.
The option to acquit Mayers based on self-defense didnt really come into play, she added.
It was fundamentally about reasonable doubt.
music videohe shot with Rihanna in July 2021.
The 13-day trial set up dramatically different narratives of what happened that night.
Ephron claimed Mayers made the first physical move by grabbing his collar.
He testified that Mayers threatened to kill him but retreated when he saw pedestrians approaching.
Ephron admitted he followed Mayers around a corner, taunting him.
I wish you would, he texted, adding, Give me a reason.
The mutual friend later authenticated the calls on the witness stand, and prosecutors accepted they were real.
In the video, spent shell casings were seen visibly ejecting over his shoulder.
After seeing the video, Ephron told jurors the gun range was definitely not in Los Angeles.
Remember how that all played out here when considering his credibility, Tacopina said.
Thered be no reason to lie about that unless he had to cover up something.
(Ephron told jurors he did not concoct any evidence in the case.)
No fingerprints were found on the shell casings handed over by Ephron and no firearm was ever recovered.
Mayers lawyers used the same methodology to come up with their own synchronization.
In the prosecutions version, the first pop comes just before Ephron tangles with Ulanger.
Mayers star defense witness was A$AP Twelvyy.
(In his prior testimony, Ephron denied calling the gun fake.
Levin told jurors that Mayers got the prop gun from the set of the D.M.B.
Levin said hepersonally returned the prop gunto the videos co-director after the incident.
I flew back to New York with it and gave it to the co-director we got it from.
The sniping got so heated one afternoon that after jurors left, Judge Mark Arnold yelled Stop it!
as Mayers stepped in between the men to signal it was time to walk away.
The proceeding also made headlines for Rihannas appearances in the courtroom.
On Thursday, shewalked in with the couples two toddler sonswhile the prosecution was starting its summation.
During a morning break, Mayers walked down the hall holding the younger boy upside down.
Speaking withRolling Stoneafter the verdict, Tacopina said Mayers tried to keep Rihanna away, but she wouldnt agree.
He wanted to protect her.
Thats the father of my kids.
Im coming,' Tacopina said.
Mayers mother, Renee Black, attended each day of the trial to support her son.
She famously named her son after one one-half of the famed New York hip-hop duo Eric B.
& Rakim and raised him in Harlem.
He achieved mainstream success two years later when his first studio album,At.
A$AP, hit Number One on the Billboard 200.
Beyond music, Mayers also is known for his substantial influence in the world of mens fashion.
Hes been the face of campaigns for Gucci, Bottega Veneta, and Rihannas Savage X Fenty line.
He seemed eager to talk shop, eager to change the subject to anything creative.
