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\n\tA$AP Relli has abandoned plans to retread his shooting claims against A$AP Rocky at a second trial early next year, telling Billboard <\/em>through a lawyer that he\u2019s instead \u201cfocusing on rebuilding his life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRocky (Rakim Mayers) was acquitted at a criminal trial this past February of shooting Relli (Terrell Ephron), his childhood friend and onetime A$AP Mob collaborator, in 2021. Relli brought an assault lawsuit in 2022 seeking financial damages from the star rapper over the same alleged incident.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe civil case was scheduled to go to trial in January, with Relli facing a lower burden of proof than the one prosecutors failed to meet in their criminal case against Rocky. But an attorney for Relli, Aaron Morris<\/strong>, tells Billboard <\/em>on Tuesday (Nov. 11) that his client has decided to drop the assault claims.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt this point, he\u2019s ready to simply move on from the shooting,\u201d Morris said. \u201cThe ordeal has been a nightmare for him, and the statements calling him a \u2018liar\u2019 and worse effectively eliminated his chances of a career in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMorris said his team will file court papers officially dismissing the assault lawsuit later this week. Relli is still pursuing a separate defamation lawsuit against both Rocky and his lawyer, Joe Tacopina<\/strong>, over press interviews in which they called the shooting claims \u201cextortion\u201d and a \u201cget-rich-quick-scheme.\u201d Relli alleges these statements harmed his reputation and career as an artist manager.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s going to litigate the defamation action because of the damages it caused, but as to the shooting, he\u2019s thankful he wasn\u2019t hurt worse and is focusing on rebuilding his life,\u201d says Morris.<\/p>\n

\n\tRocky\u2019s reps did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tRocky and Relli were involved in a now-infamous altercation near a Hollywood hotel in November 2021. Relli alleges Rocky fired a handgun at him twice during the argument, while the rapper maintains it was a prop gun filled with blanks.<\/p>\n

\n\tProsecutors charged Rocky with two felony assault counts in 2022. The Grammy-nominated Harlem rapper rejected a plea offer from prosecutors and went to trial, risking a maximum of 24 years in prison if convicted. Rocky\u2019s bet ultimately paid off, with a Los Angeles jury fully acquitting him of both counts.<\/p>\n


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