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Rihanna keeps her glam to a minimum during Beverly Hills dinner with A$AP Rocky after tough day in court

Rihanna keeps her glam to a minimum during Beverly Hills dinner with A$AP Rocky after tough day in court

Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky looked exhausted as they headed out to dinner Thursday night in Beverly Hills after a long day in court.   

Following a draining day of testimony, Rihanna and her boyfriend of about four years, tried to keep a low profile as they went to dine, accompanied by their security team.

The Grammy winner, 36, who has been sitting through the trial in support for Rocky, wore a somber looking black jacket with a long white blouse ʙuттoned up to the neck.

Her long hair was parted on the side and styled straight and she appeared to be wearing little makeup behind her dark framed glᴀsses, accessorizing only with a pair of large hoop earrings. 

Rocky, 36, wore a black suit with a white shirt as well, and donned dark sunglᴀsses for the outing. 

Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted on two felony counts of ᴀssault with a semiautomatic handgun.

Rihanna, 36, and A$AP Rocky, 36, looked somber in black as they headed out to dinner in Beverly Hills  following a tough day of testimony in court Thursday. Rocky is on trial for two counts of ᴀssault with a semiautomatic firearm and faces 24 years behind bars if convicted

Rihanna, 36, and A$AP Rocky, 36, looked somber in black as they headed out to dinner in Beverly Hills  following a tough day of testimony in court Thursday. Rocky is on trial for two counts of ᴀssault with a semiautomatic firearm and faces 24 years behind bars if convicted

The Praise the Lord rapper is accused of firing the weapon at A$AP Relli, real name Terell Ephron, a friend from high school, accused Rocky of firing at him outside a H๏τel in Los Angeles in 2021 during an argument. 

During his testimony Relli contended that his story may have changed over the three years since the alleged incident took place, but declared he knows what happened,’ according to the ᴀssociate Press. 

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Rocky’s attorney, Joe Tacopina compared the testimony Relli gave on the stand Thursday to his 2022 interview with prosecutors and pointed out the discrepancies. 

While speaking with prosecutors in his initial interview Relli had said Rocky had pressed the gun into his stomach, but didn’t remember what his former friend had told him. 

In testimony, Relli claimed the gun was pointed at his stomach and head, and Rocky had said he was going to kill Relli.  

‘A gun was pulled on me. It was pointed at me, and it was fired later,’ he told the jury at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles, adding, ‘It’s been three years. If he was innocent he would be home a long time ago.’

During once tense moment, Relli shouted to Rocky ‘You did this to yourself!’

When the judge admonished him, Relli responded, ‘He was staring at me!’

Both Rocky and Rihanna tried to keep their presence lowkey.  She appeared to be wearing little makeup behind her dark framed glᴀsses.  Rocky donned dark sunglᴀsses

Both Rocky and Rihanna tried to keep their presence lowkey.  She appeared to be wearing little makeup behind her dark framed glᴀsses.  Rocky donned dark sunglᴀsses

Rihanna has been quietly supporting her partner during the trial. The couple are the parents of two sons, RZA, two, and Riot, 17 months

Rihanna has been quietly supporting her partner during the trial. The couple are the parents of two sons, RZA, two, and Riot, 17 months

While questioning the witness, Tacopina spent much of his time examining Relli’s atтιтude toward his former friend, confronting him with text messages between the two including one angry message accusing Rocky of not supporting one of his projects.

In another, Relli wrote he would ‘beat up’ Rocky if he didn’t pay for the body of a mutual friend to be returned to New York.  The witness said he later learned Rocky had paid for the service. 

In another text message just before the November 6, 2021 incident, Tacopino asked about one that read, ‘you got all these fake animosity towards me lol beat me up’ and another, that said, ‘I wish you would.’

‘That doesn’t mean ‘bring a gun,’ Relli said.

When asked why he had deleted the texts before handing his phone over to Los Angeles police, the rapper said he didn’t know why he had done it. 

A$AP Relli, real name Terell Ephron, was a friend of Rocky's from high school. On Thursday, the defense questioned him about discrepancies between his interview with prosecutors and his testimony on the stand  (Pictured in Los Angeles Wednesday)

A$AP Relli, real name Terell Ephron, was a friend of Rocky’s from high school. On Thursday, the defense questioned him about discrepancies between his interview with prosecutors and his testimony on the stand  (Pictured in Los Angeles Wednesday)

Prosecutors played surveillance footage on the first day of trial showing Rocky drawing a gun along with another clip which captured sound that appeared to be gunsH๏τs, but neither video directly captured the alleged shooting

Prosecutors played surveillance footage on the first day of trial showing Rocky drawing a gun along with another clip which captured sound that appeared to be gunsH๏τs, but neither video directly captured the alleged shooting

Rocky had the chance to avoid trial by agreeing to plead guilty to one charge of felony ᴀssault with a semiautomatic firearm in exchange for 180 days in jail, but refused (Pictured in Los Angeles Wednesday)

Rocky had the chance to avoid trial by agreeing to plead guilty to one charge of felony ᴀssault with a semiautomatic firearm in exchange for 180 days in jail, but refused (Pictured in Los Angeles Wednesday)

Rocky’s defense has argued the gun in question was a starter pistol that shoots only blanks, which the Am I Dreaming artist carried as a prop. 

Prosecutors played surveillance footage on the first day of trial showing Rocky drawing a gun along with another clip which captured sound that appeared to be gunsH๏τs, but neither video directly captured the alleged shooting,

Rocky had the chance to avoid trial by agreeing to plead guilty to one charge of felony ᴀssault with a semiautomatic firearm in exchange for 180 days in jail, but refused. 

He and Rihanna are the parents of two sons, RZA, two, and Riot, 17 months.

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