The rapper has been held in jail since July 3, despite many celebrities' and President Trump's calls for him to be released.
Rocky’s attorney and manager previously said that the artist acted in self-defense after “a group of men” continued to follow, harass, and then physically assault them.
“Video footage shows the assailants following Rocky, while he pleads to them that he does not want any issues. Rocky volunteered to go to police for questioning,” John Ehmann, the rapper’s manager, said in an Instagram post. “On the day of his arrest, I spoke with the U.S. Embassy Consult who informed me that his request to visit Rocky was rejected by police, which violates article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which Sweden is a signatory.
Prior to Thursday's charges, the rapper's team had tried to get him released from jail. But siding with the prosecutors, a Swedish judge ruled last week that he would remain incarcerated due to being a “flight risk," according to the
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