ASAP Rocky’s attorney Joe Tacopina broke down how he got the rapper off the hook during a recent chat.
Tacopina hit up The Breakfast Club and revealed his courtroom game plan that worked perfectly in Rocky’s felony gun assault case. “My defense was to eviscerate ASAP Relli,” Tacopina explained. “This guy is an absolute, pathological liar. And I eviscerated him. I told this jury, you’ve got a front-row seat to history because you just witnessed the worst witness (ever). “You could cross-examine him. He was his own worst enemy.”
“He sued for thirty million over knuckle scrapes,” Tacopina added. “This guy’s a clown. And he’s an admitted liar, an admitted perjurer. He lied at least to the jury 20 times.”
Rocky was found not guilty last week. Right after the verdict was announced in court, the rapper dove to hug his mother and Rihanna while people in the audience yelled with relief. On his way out of the courtroom, Rocky thanked jurors for “saving my life” and “making the right decision.”
After the verdict, Tacopina described his feelings when he learned Rocky was acquitted. “I knew there were two counts, and you know, I’ve seen odd things happen in jury verdicts where they could split the verdict…” Tacopina told Extra. “And so after the first ‘not guilty’, I’m laser-focused on the clerk to hear that second count.”
“And I look to my right, he’s gone. And I didn’t know. I didn’t know he left. He was just gone. I was like, I said to my partner, ‘Did he leave?’… And I see him on top of Rihanna … I couldn’t process it quickly enough,” Tacopina continued.
The attorney then shared a conversation he had with Rocky and Rihanna about what they might name their next baby. “Rihanna and Rocky said to me in the courtroom yesterday, they grabbed me and they said, ‘Listen, our next baby is ASAP Joe,'” he revealed.
