Rihanna participates in the trial against her partner, rapper A $ AP Rocky, accused in a 2021 shooting

Los Angeles (AP) – In a stretch of questioning of crucial defense of A $ AP ROCKYHis lawyer on Friday challenged the story of his prosecutor who said he was suffering a hand injury when the hip-hop athlete fired a gun against him in 2021.

Superstar singer RihannaRocky’s partner and mother of their two children, saw from the audience as the man who passes a $ AP Relli, a former friend of Rocky, underwent another day of crossing in the Los Angeles Law case that left him visibly frustrated and At times angry.

She slid into court for a third day approx. 30 minutes into the testimony and sat next to Rocky’s mother after entering through a public entrance. After the lunch break, she went into the courtroom with Rocky for the first time. She left separately and climbed up an SUV outside the courthouse and said “I’m good, thank you” when a reporter asked how she stopped. She had been secretly brought to her two previous visits.

Relli had witnessed the witness during prosecution, which questioned his hand felt hot when Rocky fired against him on a Hollywood street and his hand was grazed. A photo of scratches was shown that had torn the skin on his knuckle.

He did not seek a doctor before two days later in New York.

“You waited to fly all the way across the country before seeking medical attention?” Defense Attorney Joe Tacopina asked.

“I got my hand wrapped that night,” Relli said, recognizing he had.

He said that after the incident: “I didn’t trust LA. I didn’t trust anyone. “

Rocky’s lawyers claim that Relli was only seeking medical attention because the lawyer in a separate civil case in which he is looking for money from the rapper told him he should.

Relli first denied first that he had acted according to his lawyer’s advice, but later admitted after hearing his previous testimony.

“You really don’t care about involving the police, your playoffs got money from Rocky, correct?” Asked Tacopina.

Relli replied, “No. I would have protection. I wasn’t sure it wouldn’t happen again. “

Tacopina also challenged him about the short time he spent in the hospital.

“It’s an hour and 36 minutes for a shot, yes?” Said the lawyer.

“It was two days later,” Relli replied.

Prior to the defense tactics, the prosecution told jury leader during their opening declaration that for Fees in the case – Two counts of assault with a semi -automatic firearm – it doesn’t matter if Relli was injured.

Guilt conclusions on both counts could lead to a maximum of 24 years in prison for Rocky.

This judgment could be a major turning point in the rapper’s life that this weekend has been nominated for its third Grammy Award At a Ceremony in Crypto.com Arena only two miles from the trial.

Relli seemed angry and frustrated throughout the testimony. He repeatedly asked whether the questions were relevant, muttered to themselves and had to be instructed by the judge to answer “yes” or “no.” After listening to three different recordings of phone calls, as the defense said was him, he declared that two of them were false and said the third did not sound like him.

Tacopina asked if the one where Relli allegedly said he would go away from the criminal case if he was paid millions was also false.

“I don’t know, you tell me!” Said Relli. “You’re the one who puts all these things in front of me.”

The calls all came from someone named Wally who recorded them. Relli first said he didn’t know him, then said he knew him, then he said the person calls him all the time.

“He always hits me and asks me how I feel,” Relli said. “Now I know why.”

But he still insisted on questioning that the calls played in the courtroom were false.

The defense ended its cross -study after scoring these points. Relli, whose testimony began Wednesday afternoon, will be back on the booth Monday for more questioning from the prosecution.

Rocky’s lawyers argue in a revelation made just before the trial that the gun he fired was a starter gun that only transported topics that he had just as a plug for security. They claim Relli knew this.

Relli testified during prosecution who questioned that he had not known Rocky to wear a gun.

When Tacopina returned to the question, Relli uncovered.

“I don’t really relax with him every day, I don’t know,” he said. “From the time I relax with him, I don’t know him with guns.”

Tacopina continued, “Well one thing you know is definitely that he doesn’t wear a plug gun.”

“Who wears a plug -gun?” Relli replied. “Who comes to a situation and wears a plug -gun?”

After the jury was dismissed for lunch, an evil argument broke out between Tacopina and Deputy District Attorney John Lewin, who shouted that the defense’s entire case failed to tackle the actual incident, including “This Prop -gun Waste!”

“Oh?! Oh!? “Tacopina shouted back. “We’ll see what the jury says at the end!”

Tacopina then called Relli a Perjurer and said the prosecutors supported him.

As it became even higher and more personal, the judge, who seemed disgusted, went out.

He had previously instructed the men, who have often beaten heads, only to talk to each other on the record. In this case, they were even though the cameras had been turned off.

Rocky and Rihanna, both 36, have two sons together: 2-year-old Rza Athelston Mayers and 1-year-old Riot Rose Mayers.

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This story has been corrected to show the quote about receiving phone calls came from a $ AP Relli, not a $ AP Rocky.