ASAP Rocky lawyer slams Rihanna’s critics for putting children in court

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were seen outside the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California on February 18, 2025.
Netherlands/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesRocks as soon as possibleLawyer Joe Tacopina There is a strong message for critics Rihanna Children should not be brought to court earlier this month.
Tacopina said in an interview on Monday, February 24: “One day Rihanna Charlamagne tha exist Breakfast Club. “Like, some kind of action makes the jury feel sympathy. The jury has no sympathy, they know he has a wife and a child.”
But, as the lawyer pointed out, the day Rihanna took the children to court (February 13) was the day when the jury deliberation began. If 36-year-old Loki is found guilty, he may go directly to jail after the sentence.
“More because it’s the last day of the trial – we’re summing up, summing up – the judge said we’ll have a jury deliberation after that. At least that’s the plan, it’s not doing that,” Tacopina explained. “She brought them to court because that might be the last time he saw his kids that day ten years or more. That’s why she brought them. The prosecutor played a big role in the summary, I Thinking it was a fatal mistake, frankly, a fatal mistake.”
Rihanna, 37, and Rocky were listed with Romance in 2021, sharing their 2-year-old sons Rza and Riot for 18 months. When she brought the boys to court earlier this month, she was filmed, holding RZA in her arms while another suffered riots.
Rocky is on trial for two felony attacks using semi-automatic weapons. The allegations stem from the incident in 2021, involving his friends ASAP Relli. If convicted, the “peso” rapper could face up to 24 years in prison.

Rihanna and A$ap Rocky.
Cindy Ord/WireimageThree hours after a jury deliberation, on February 18, Rocky was acquitted. Although Rza and Riot were not in court that day, Rihanna used to be, and after reading the verdict, Rocky jumped into her arms. “Thank you all for saving my life,” he told the juror.
Rihanna quickly shared her reaction to the judgment via Instagram, writing: “Glory belongs to God and God! Thanks for his mercy and humility!”
Tacopina Sean “Didi” comb. The 55-year-old tycoon was arrested in September 2024 and charged with extortion, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and is currently awaiting trial in prison.
However, Tacopina rejected the case because of his contact Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation.
“I represent the Rock Nation; the lawyer said, “I am very close. “The lawyer said. “Jay is great. …To me, it’s a kind of family, and I think they meet with P. Diddy. ”
When Charlamagne, 46, asked Tacopina to further explain the distance between Diddy and Jay-Z, 55, the lawyer claimed they were not close.
“Everyone wants to take a photo with P. Diddy once or once at a party. But when things get real, years ago…” he said.