New York Post

A$AP: I was scared

Testifies at his Sweden assault trial

- By NATALIE MUSUMECI nmusumeci@nypost.com

A$AP Rocky told a Swedish court Thursday he was “scared” and desperatel­y tried to avoid a fight last month in Stockholm.

The Harlem-born rapper is on trial for allegedly beating 19-yearold Mustafa Jafari on a street in the capital on June 30. Two other suspects also are charged.

Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, testified on the second day of the proceeding­s in Stockholm District Court, saying that Jafari and a pal refused to leave his entourage alone. He added that he believed that the two men were “under the influence of some kind of drugs.”

The rapper (inset) said he and his crew were approached as Rocky was trying to download an app to use an electric scooter.

“Things got a little weird. We thought that the behavior of these guys was strange, it got a bit scary,” Rocky, wearing an all-green inmate’s outfit, testified in the packed courtroom.

“After a while, my security guard started pushing him away, begging him to leave.”

The 30-year-old performer said his accuser “was persistent and he kept pursuing, and he was like, ‘Come on, come on.’

“I couldn’t help but assume that these guys were under the influence of some type of drugs.”

Rocky said that despite the efforts of his guard, the two men kept following the entourage.

“At this point, we are really scared. I saw my security guard being cut, bleeding. We didn’t know what to expect with these strangers. I’m not from Sweden, so it was really scary,” he testified.

Soon after, a full-on brawl broke out, and prosecutor­s alleged that Rocky — along with the two other men charged in the incident, Bladimir Emilio Corniel and David Tyrone Rispers — beat Jafari and hit him with parts of or a whole bottle.

Rocky said that he intervened when his bodyguard was attacked.

“I threw [Jafari] to the ground, and stepped on his arm. I kicked his arm and I punched or shoved him,” Rocky said.

Rocky, Corneil and Rispers have been held by Swedish authoritie­s since July 3. All have maintained that they were acting in self-defense.

If convicted, Rocky could be sentenced to up to two years in prison.

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