Google Translated from Swedish article. I have added some small fixes of the translation in red text
Prosecution is brought against ASAP Rocky for assault
Published today 08.50
ASAP Rocky has been detained in Sweden since July 5 following a fight in Stockholm on June 30. Prosecutor Daniel Suneson now announces that the artist will be prosecuted and will be remanded until trial.
"I have prosecuted all three for abuse(
assault) of the normal degree," says Daniel Suneson.
ASAP Rocky, actually called Rakim Mayers, was arrested after playing at the Smash festival in Stockholm on July 2 and has been detained since July 5. Prosecutor Daniel Suneson has now decided to bring charges against the artist. Since ASAP Rocky was deprived of liberty, all his tour dates in July have been set, a total of twelve scheduled gigs.
Prosecution is also being brought against the two other men who were arrested and detained at the same time as the artist. They will be remanded in custody until trial.
"Used bottle"
- You have
(One has) used a bottle and handed punches and kicked a person lying down on the ground. They say it has been emergency defense or provocation, but I mean it is a crime, Daniel Suneson tells the Culture News.
According to the police's preliminary investigation, the defendant allegedly had been abused by three men, and suffered minor injuries and cuts on the arms from a broken glass bottle. Earlier this week, Suneson also decided to close the preliminary investigation against the person who is the defendant in the case, which was counter-reported by ASAP Rocky's bodyguard for the abuse.
- It is based on the fact that I have had access to material that has not been known to the public before and which I believe shows a partly different course of events than what one can see that has been posted online. What he does there is within his emergency defense right.
Where does that movie material come from?
- Mainly surveillance camera from Max hamburger restaurant and one to (
one more) mobile film showing a larger part of the event.
Suneson also says he was not affected by the clash of political dimensions and that Donald Trump called Prime Minister Stefan Löfven on behalf of ASAP Rocky's.
- It is clear that I read newspapers and watch TV, but the large media reporting does not affect my decision to prosecute.
At 11:30 am on Thursday, ASAP Rocky's lawyer will hold a press conference on the message. SVT broadcasts live from 11:20 on svt.se
Received great attention
The arrest of the world star quickly became a major international news and over time has become a political issue. A call for ASAP Rocky to be released has collected 620,000 signatures, and several US top politicians have demanded that the rapper be released immediately. US President Donald Trump has been in contact with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven about the incident, and this week the Swedish ambassador to the United States was called back from his vacation to deal with the uprising.
- The international framework cry is mainly due to many misunderstandings about the Swedish legal system, including that Sweden lacks a bail system like in the US. It has been running campaigns like #freeasap, and if you come from an American perspective, you can pay instead of being detained, says Dennis Martinsson, PhD in criminal justice, to SVT.
Today, prosecution has been brought. What happens now?
- Now the process is moving on and a court will have to decide what happened and whether he is guilty, says Dennis Martinsson.
- It is important to say that we do not have the whole course ready for us, in this situation only the prosecutor has it. We've seen these video clips, but not the whole picture of what happened. There must have been evidence during the preliminary investigation that the prosecutor believes that it is sufficient to prosecute and that one expects a conviction.
