A$AP Relli Secures A Major Legal Win In Defamation Lawsuit

A$AP Relli did lose his preliminary lawsuit towards former buddy A$AP Rocky. However he is heading in the right direction proper now in regard to his defamation battle. The ex-A$AP Mob member pursued this in early September, receiving some main pushback and warnings from Los Angeles County Decide Randolph M. Hammock.

Relli can be going after Joe Tacopina on this case. In truth, he is the primary goal. Joe, who helped acquit Rocky from the assault case, labeled Relli a “liar” and “gold digger.” The legal professional tried to dismiss by countering with an anti-SLAPP movement. Per Courthouse Information Service, its “a authorized maneuver used to rapidly dismiss lawsuits which are geared toward chilling free speech and public participation.”

However Decide Randolph M. Hammock denied Tacopina’s submitting on Thursday. Him saying these items about Relli to retailers akin to TMZ, does not fall beneath anti-SLAPP.

“These can be protected by the litigation privilege. However the statements that Mr. Ephron [Relli] is making weren’t made in that context. Is the phrase spin? This was spin — a lawyer spinning for his shopper,” Hammock mentioned.

“Tacopina’s charged statements had been made to form the general public opinion, to not ‘obtain the objects of the litigation’ in any means.” So, with this being the case now, this defamation case expenses ahead. A jury trial is tentatively scheduled for January 2026.

Tacopina additionally mentioned about Relli’s earlier assault swimsuit towards Rocky: “He’s a failed affiliate–ex–affiliate of Rocky’s and he’s jealous. He was making an attempt to get cash from Rocky. He needed Rocky to assist him [and] made it clear. There have been repeated makes an attempt the place he tried to ask for cash in lieu of not inflicting issues for Rocky. That’s what he mentioned. We now have all this memorialized in textual content messages and in any other case, so it’s an extortion.”