relli said bullets grazed his knuckles. the prosecution offered a plea deal, but rocky declined. it led some legal analysts to believe seeing rihanna and the couple's two toddlers in court helped rocky's case. >> she's one of the biggest celebrities in the world, and the fact that she's beautiful and she brought her kids. who doesn't love kids? jurors in l.a, they love celebrities. that's the reality. so in any criminal case, the defense wants to put the family members in the audience to show that the defendant has support. >> after the verdict, a grateful rihanna posted her reaction on instagram. the glory belongs to god and god alone. thankful. humbled by his mercy. la county d.a. nathan hochman also reacted, posting while today's verdict is not the outcome we sought, we respect the jury's decision and the integrity of our justice system, adding in part, fame does not place anyone above the law. asap rocky, recognizing his fate and future, were in the jury's hands. >> i really want to thank the jury for making the right decision, you know? and i'm just so thankful. >> with that

felony counts of assault, accused of shooting his former friend, terell ephron, also known as a$ap relliive day of arguments. >> lower your voice and don't yell at me. >> reporter: the judge playing referee after the defense cast a doubt on relli's testimony. >> they accept the fact that he committed perjury. i'm not saying they support it, but they accept that that witness committed perjury. >> your honor -- >> let me finish. >> reporter: igniting a back and forth with the prosecutor. >> your honor, one more thing of him and we air everything that's happened in this case. >> oh, i'm so threatened by you. >> reporter: throughout the nearly three-week-long trial, jurors saw a 2021 surveillance video that prosecutors allege is a$ap rocky in a scuffle with relli while holding a gun and later firing at him. relli says his knuckles were grazed by the bullets. >> all the actions of the people that we see on that video completely consistent with a real gun being fired. >> reporter: but rocky's attorney repeatedly calling relli a perjurer and criminal and accusing him of a financial shakedown to

they weren't. >> the defense paints relli as a jealous man out for money.ed a civil suit seeking millions of dollars. >> this isn't about justice for him. it's about payout and payback. >> rihanna herself present in the courtroom several times with the couple's two children. her name brought up during closing arguments. the defense pointing to an article the alleged victim sent to a friend. >> entitled. >> rihanna fears heartbreaking consequence of asap rocky strata. and he sent it with a smiley. >> face. >> a smiley face. >> this parasite. >> is hacking. if he can hurt that bad. >> it's a classic hollywood courtroom battle led by two high profile lawyers. prosecutor john lewin featured on hbo's the jinx. >> i was. >> going to flee the country. >> and joe tacopina, a new york defense attorney who repped president trump for a time during his hush money trial. the pair creating plenty of courtroom theater. >> he might want to stop. >> i'm so i'm so grateful. >> you should be, joe. >> but the unforgettable drama of this trial came at the very end. now, jessica

with a semiautomatic firearm for allegedly firing a gun in the direction of terell ephron or asap relli. the former childhood friends were part of the harlem based rap collective asap mob. the gun was never recovered and was a key focal point in the trial. asap rocky did not take the stand, but asap testified his hand was grazed by a bullet. the defense argued the gun in question was actually a prop gun that asap rocky carried for security. asap rocky was facing 24 years in prison if convicted, but maintained his innocence. turning down a plea deal which would have included 180 days in jail. >> he turned down a plea for almost no jail time because he was innocent. >> rihanna posting after the verdict. the glory belongs to god and god alone. thankful. humbled by his mercy. rihanna has made several appearances, even bringing their two toddlers with her to court. >> this whole experience has been crazy for the past four years, but i'm thankful nonetheless. i'm thankful, and we're blessed to be here right now, to be a free man. talking to y'all. thank you. all praise is due to god. >> rihan

trial had been making headlines more he was seen pulling out a gun on his former school friend, asap relli glancing up at the stands and then play was halted as raducanu approached the umpire, approached in a public area on monday by a man who exhibited what they described as "fixated behaviour". a threat assessment. raducanu, who went on to lose the match, said today she will be given this latest experience, the subject of player safety in tennis is back in the spotlight. laura scott, bbc news. and real madrid battled it out for a place in the last 16 he has the yes, came here yes, manchester city came here knowing they would need something special to keep their champions hopes alive, but those hopes leagee hopes alive. hot those hopes now loagoo hopes alive. loot thoso hopss now emphatically loagoo hopos alive. loot thoso hopss now emphatically over because are now emphatically over because lost 3—1 on the night, 6—3 on sees..— sees aathey they were already aggregate. they were already trailing after the first last trailing after the first'le'g last ' "' ' "' and they were even further w

. >> friend named a$ap relli. >> a$ap relli was alleging that rocky shot him. you saw photos during the trial that his knuckles were grazed and a little bit bloody, but rocky's. defense said no, it was actually a prop gun and that he carries regularly with him for security, and he was acting out in self-defense. so obviously the jury siding with rocky and his defense and fully acquitting him. >> it's the first time i've heard someone use a prop gun for security, but all those interesting details. all right, let's move on to another case that has certainly caught the public's attention. we're seeing an update in the case of that blake lively versus actor and director justin baldoni. what are the new allegations that are being brought in that case? >> so sarah, overnight and when i say overnight, quite literally just before the clock struck midnight, which was a deadline that the judge overseeing this case had set for blake lively to file her amended complaint. so she filed a amended complaint that is 141 pages long. she added 48 pages to her initial complaint th

the prosecutors say, is asap rocky in a fight with relli while holding a gun and later shooting at raleigh. raleigh says the bullets grazed his knuckles. but rocky's lawyers called raleigh a perjurer and criminal, claiming he was only trying to get millions of dollars from rocky. zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> all right. wet weather is back in the forecast tomorrow. we're tracking spotty showers for your morning drive. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at where you're likely to see the most rain. sandy. >> yeah, dan, it's not going to be much, but the north bay has the highest likelihood. let me show you live doppler seven in just a moment. first, a beautiful view from our mount tam cam as we look at san francisco and taking a look at live doppler seven, you will notice some moisture is showing up just off our coastline. clouds have already thickened up. we do have some rain showers off the northern california coast and some moving inland along with some snow showers. wider perspective showing you that the energy is going into the pacific northwest and

the prosecutors say, is asap rocky in a fight with relli while holding a gun and later shooting at raleigh. raleigh says the bullets grazed his knuckles. but rocky's lawyers called raleigh a perjurer and criminal, claiming he was only trying to get millions of dollars from rocky. zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> all right. wet weather is back in the forecast tomorrow. we're tracking spotty showers for your morning drive. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at where you're likely to see the most rain. sandy. >> yeah, dan, it's not going to be much, but the north bay has the highest likelihood. let me show you live doppler seven in just a moment. first, a beautiful view from our mount tam cam as we look at san francisco and taking a look at live doppler seven, you will notice some moisture is showing up just off our coastline. clouds have already thickened up. we do have some rain showers off the northern california coast and some moving inland along with some snow showers. wider perspective showing you that the energy is going into the pacific northwest and

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. >> john relli new this morning. defense secretary pete hegseth is ordering the military to draw up plans for an 8% budget cut for each of the next five years. this seems a pretty quick reversal from just a few days ago, when he seemed to urge an increase in defense spending. >> well, i think the u.s. needs to spend more than the biden administration was willing to who historically underinvested in the capabilities of our military. listen, any defense secretary would be lying if they said they didn't want more. you always want more. but we live in fiscally constrained times where we need to be responsible with taxpayer dollars, with $37 trillion in debt, that's a national security liability as well. >> all right. let's get right to cnn national correspondent natasha bertrand at the pentagon. i mean, that was a few days ago. >> it's really. >> unclear what's happened here. >> in terms. >> of this. >> shift, john, but i will note that one thing that has changed in the last week is that doge, the department of governmen