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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky jet back into LA following Caribbean getaway after his legal victory

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky jet back into LA following Caribbean getaway after his legal victory

Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky have jetted back into Los Angeles following a getaway to the Caribbean.

The couple recently jetted off to the destination after A$AP, 36, was acquitted on gun charges.

But the lovebirds have now returned to the City of Angels after a few days decompressing in paradise.

Rihanna, 37, and her long-time love, 36, took a golf cart from their private jet and to the airport, savoring the last few moments of their vacation with a beverage in hand.

For the flight home, the Diamonds singer made comfort a top priority in her tie-dye sweat suit paired with flip flops.

While the look was laid-back, the A-lister added a glamorous touch with her various Louis Vuitton purses. 

Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky are back in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a getaway to the Caribbean

Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky are back in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a getaway to the Caribbean

A$AP also kept it casual with a baggy band top, arty shorts, trainers, and a colorful hoodie sweater over his shoulder.

The musician kept his tunes handy with the help of a wireless pair of Beats headphones.

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Not pictured with the couple were their two children, sons RZA, two, and Riot, 18 months.

The trip was likely not just to celebrate A$AP’s victory, but Rihanna’s 37th birthday, which she marked on February 20th.

It comes just over a week after A$AP was cleared of two counts of felony ᴀssault with a semiautomatic firearm following a three-week trial.

Rocky – real name Rakim Mayers – faced two decades in prison for his alleged involvement in a 2021 dust-up with former pal Terell Ephron, aka A$AP Relli.

But he’s a free man and ready to turn the page after defense attorney-to-the-stars Joe Tacopina convinced jurors that the Praise the Lord hitmaker was the victim of an extortion plot. 

‘I cannot express how relieved I am especially for our family,’ Rocky previously told DailyMail.com in an exclusive statement.

The couple stayed hydrated as they hitched a ride from the jet on a golf cart

The couple stayed hydrated as they hitched a ride from the jet on a golf cart

She wore a snazzy blue sweatsuit and flip flops

She wore a snazzy blue sweatsuit and flip flops 

‘Rihanna and I can get back to our lives and our kids without this trial hanging over our heads like it has been for the last three years.’

The three-time Grammy nominee thanked jurors for ‘saving his life’ in the wake of the verdict.

But he reserved his biggest praise for Tacopina, a veteran litigator whose celebrity client list reads like a who’s who of the rich and powerful.

‘Joe believed in me, always told me it would be alright and showed why he is considered the best trial lawyer in the country,’ gushed Rocky.

The duo took a golf cart from their aircraft

The duo took a golf cart from their aircraft 

He added: ‘Aside from Joe I need to thank God and this amazing jury.’

Rocky and Umbrella singer Rihanna reportedly pledged to name their next child A$AP Joe as a measure of their graтιтude.

‘He could have been going to a state prison for upwards of a decade so he realizes this was a watershed moment in his life,’ Tacopina told DailyMail.com.

‘He took a day or so to hug his wife and kids and really just take it all in. Next morning he was back in the studio working on his new album.

‘He’s got the Met Gala coming up that he’s co-hosting. He’s laser focused on the future.’

Rocky and Ephron had been friends since they were teenagers in a group called A$AP Mob that started in New York in 2005.

But the more success Rocky enjoyed the more his childhood pal resented him, a downtown Los Angeles court heard.

By the time of the alleged shooting on November 6, 2021, ‘there was a lot of tension’ between the pair, prosecutors alleged. Ephron testified that his former friend fired two sH๏τs at him from a handgun during a clash outside a Hollywood parking garage, grazing his knuckles.

But Tacopina argued that Rocky was actually carrying a prop gun incapable of firing real bullets.

A$AP Rocky, 36, was acquitted of all charges last Tuesday and embraced his defense attorney Joe Tacopina after he convinced the jury that the rapper was a victim of an extortion plot

A$AP Rocky, 36, was acquitted of all charges last Tuesday and embraced his defense attorney Joe Tacopina after he convinced the jury that the rapper was a victim of an extortion plot 

A$AP and the singer leaving the courthouse last week after he was found not guilty

A$AP and the singer leaving the courthouse last week after he was found not guilty

‘He fired the prop gun twice, hoping to scare off Relli,’ Tacopina told jurors.

‘There were no shell casings. No bullet fragments, no damage to cars, no broken windows. There was no evidence of a real gun being fired.’

Tacopina painted Ephron as a ‘parasite’ motivated by a $30million civil lawsuit that he brought against Rocky.

‘He is a proven criminal and perjurer. He lies about everything in this case. The evidence is going to make clear that he is trying to extort money from Rocky,’ Tacopina went on.

He told jurors: ‘This case is about one man’s jealousy, lies and greed, and that man is not Rocky. That man is Terell Ephron.’

Rocky had rejected a plea deal that would have sent him to jail for six months for admitting a single charge. 

That proved a smart decision when jurors returned not guilty verdicts, sparking jubilant scenes among the hip hop star’s entourage.

Rihanna celebrated by writing on Instagram: ‘THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD AND GOD ALONE. THANKFUL, HUMBLED BY HIS MERCY!’

‘This has been hanging over them all for three plus years. That’s why you saw the raw emotion coming from Rihanna and all of us actually,’ Tacopina explained.

‘I don’t just treat people as clients, I treat them like family. You develop a bunker mentality and when you’re in it with them you understand the ramifications for their lives.

‘You see those two little kids and you know what this means for them. The pressure was enormous.’

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