Freed from Swedish jail, rapper A$AP Rocky back in the US

Senior District Court Judge Per Lennerbrant tells Stockholm court at end of three-day trial that he will hand down verdict on August 14

Prosecutors are seeking six-month jail term for rapper and two friends for throwing man to ground and kicking and punching him

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Published: 10:27pm, 2 Aug 2019Updated: 5:06pm, 3 Aug 2019

Rapper A$AP Rocky is back in the US as the verdict in a Swedish assault case against him and two other Americans looms, Los Angeles television stations reported.

Local stations reported the American artist was among a group of people shown emerging from a private plane at Los Angeles International Airport in footage broadcast late Friday night.

A private jet carrying the 30-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, left Stockholm Arlanda Airport on Friday.

Senior District Court Judge Per Lennerbrant told the court at the end of the three-day trial in Stockholm that he would hand down the verdict on August 14. The rapper and two friends were detained on July 3 in connection with a street brawl on June 30 and charged with assault causing actual bodily harm.

Prosecutors argued on Friday that A$AP Rocky and his two friends should each face six-month jail terms for throwing a man to the ground and kicking and punching him after an argument in Stockholm.