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Swedish Lawyer Won't Appeal A$AP Rocky's Assault Verdict

Wednesday, 04 September 2019 06:38 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The lawyer for American rapper A$AP Rocky says his client won't appeal his assault conviction for a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm.

Slobodan Jovicic told Sweden's TT news agency Wednesday that the rapper doesn't have the energy to appeal.

A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, had pleaded self-defense and said he had tried to avoid a confrontation with two men who he said were persistently following his entourage. One of them picked a fight with a bodyguard, Mayers said during his trial.

On Aug. 14, Mayers and the bodyguards were given "conditional sentences" for the assault convictions, meaning they won't serve prison time unless they commit a similar offense in Sweden again.

Last month, the prosecutor said he wouldn't appeal the verdict either.

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