Key Takeaways:

• A$AP Relli has employed a brand new authorized staff to proceed his civil lawsuit towards A$AP Rocky.
• The trial is scheduled to start on Jan. 12, 2026, except a settlement is reached first.
• Both sides have been ordered to try personal mediation and report again by Dec. 10.

A$AP Relli is shifting ahead with a civil lawsuit towards his previous pal A$AP Rocky. After dropping his attorneys shortly after Pretty Flacko was acquitted of felony assault costs in February, the previous A$AP Mob member has employed new illustration.

In January, A$AP Relli, born Terell Ephron, testified in court docket in Los Angeles that A$AP Rocky had shot him throughout a confrontation in Hollywood in 2021. However, the Harlem native, who was dealing with as much as 24 years in jail, was discovered not guilty.

A possible civil trial was then in limbo after the decide who presided over the case candidly urged A$AP Relli to drop the case. In September, Los Angeles Judge Randolph M. Hammock informed him, “I would urge you to contact the other side and see if a deal can be made. Maybe, in exchange for dismissing the lawsuit, they’ll drop their claim for fees… Maybe it’s time to cut your losses.”

At the time, A$AP Relli relayed that he was over $500,000 in debt from the case when he was dropped by his legal professionals. However, he was undeterred. Per music/music-news/asap-relli-asap-rocky-civil-assault-trial-1235447260/”>Rolling Stone, he now has a brand new staff of attorneys and is urgent forward with an assault and battery lawsuit towards his previous buddy A$AP Rocky. The trial is about to start on Jan. 12, 2026.

However, whereas in court docket on Tuesday (Oct. 14), A$AP Relli’s new legal professionals stated they had been prepared to keep away from trial by coming to some kind of settlement. A$AP Rocky’s legal professional, Wogai Mohmand, was open to the thought however stated she desired a court-ordered obligatory settlement convention.

“We haven’t received any type of settlement offer from the plaintiff, so we thought [a mandatory settlement conference] would be more helpful to help the parties resolve the case,” Mohmand stated, in keeping with Rolling Stone.

Judge William F. Fahey then reportedly ordered each side to attempt to settle privately and gave them six weeks to discover a retired decide to supervise the mediation. Their deadline to report again is Dec. 10.