What's Next for Rihanna, A$AP Rocky and Their Sons After He's Found Not Guilty, Avoiding 24 Years Behind Bars (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever World Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on October 26, 2022.Photo:Jesse Grant/Getty

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A$AP RockyandRihannaare ready to shift their focus to family.

Days after the rapper, 36, wasacquitted in his high-profile felony assault trial, a source tells PEOPLE that he and Rihanna are turning their attention tosons RZA, 2½, and Riot, 18 months.

“They have lived in this stressful bubble for the past month. It’s been all about the trial,” the insider says. “They are planning a family trip with the kids to spend some quality family time and to get their minds in a better place.”

Rihanna, 37, was present in court during Rocky’s trial, and evenbrought their sons to the courtroomin Los Angeles to support him on Feb. 13. When the not guilty verdict was read aloud on Feb. 18, Rocky — who was facing up to 24 years behind bars if convicted — immediatelyjumped over the standto hug the singer, as well as his mother and sister.

“Thank y’all for saving my life. Thank y’all for making the right decision,” he told the jury.

Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, reacts in court as the verdict is given in his felony assault trial at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on February 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.Daniel Cole-Pool/Getty

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Rocky’s lawyer Joe Tacopina told reporters in January that the “Fashion Killa” rapper wasready to get the trial“over with so he can start enjoying his family.”

Rocky was acquitted of two charges of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He’d been accused of firing a handgun at his former friend and A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli in a November 2021 altercation. Relli, who was not seriously hurt, said one of the shots had grazed his knuckle.

Rihanna arrives at A$AP Rocky’s felony assault trial in Los Angeles on February 18, 2025.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty

Tacopina’s argumenthinged on his claimthat Rocky was carrying a prop gun — claims the prosecution called “illogical” and “absurd.” Meanwhile, the defense also poked holes in Relli’s story, telling the jury he’d lied “to your faces.”

“I want to make sure that no matter how famous his [partner] is, no matter how cute his kids are, no matter how much they giggle during closing arguments… he needs to be treated like any other person. Because in the end that’s what he’s entitled to,” Lewin said.

source: people.com