Rihanna's shining bright like a diamond by her man A$AP Rocky ... showing her support at his L.A. criminal trial Wednesday.
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00:00Rihanna did not make it one and done as far as going to court
00:03She's there today for a second day to watch the trial of ASAP Rocky her man to see what happens in this assault trial
00:11He is accused of shooting a former friend ASAP Relly back in
00:152021 now Rihanna still went in through the underground parking garage
00:20We did not get a shot of her. No one's getting a shot of her and I think that's by design
00:25Once she's in the court as we said yesterday, you can't get a shot of her
00:29She's sitting in the gallery and the camera is not allowed to pan over to the gallery
00:33But don't you think it would show more?
00:35Solidarity walking in the front door with your man all the cameras going off like you call that appearance
00:41I would imagine that the court would prefer her to go in through the underground garage because the chaos it would cause
00:47Not only outside of the courtroom, but walking through the hallways and getting into the courtroom. Well, then I say it's hearsay
00:53I don't know if she's there. I have seen no proof. We have
00:56There we can tell you that she is wearing a
00:59shirt and tie today
01:01Skinny black tie white white top, but to see this
01:05And big gold hoop earrings, you know, that's the best I can paint the picture. We have a guy like sketch it or something
01:12You know, where's the courtroom sketcher? I think the courtroom sketcher doesn't do the gallery. Okay, maybe we'll see
01:18But for now, that's the description we have now as for what's happening in the trial
01:23ASAP Raleigh the alleged victim is on the stand again today
01:27But today he's being cross-examined by ASAP. Rocky's attorney Joe Takapina now
01:33Joe Takapina is known for his results that he gets in court and known as a very fiery guy
01:41So maybe that's what I don't know what exactly his strategy is here. I can tell you it's entertaining
01:47It's probably my favorite part of this entire trial
01:49He went at ASAP Raleigh with some some questions that ASAP Raleigh didn't really understand the relevance
01:56But here's what happened as they went head-to-head in court today
01:59Did you hear yourself? I heard myself. Was that truthful?
02:02What's truthful? What you just said?
02:04That I love him or like we was cool. I don't know what you mean. I said a lot of things
02:11The part that you said
02:13I said
02:15It was sort of wishy-washy with love, you know
02:18Okay, that's true
02:20By the way before we start talking about the events surrounding November 6th
02:252021 which we will talk about
02:28Can you pull up the rest of the text message?
02:30Here's what we're going to do. I'll ask the questions and you're going to answer them
02:34If you can, in November 2021, November 2021, you told people that you were a millionaire, correct?
02:44What?
02:46You did not answer my question
02:48I don't understand this. Yes, no, I don't know
02:50What is that going to do in this case?
02:52Efron just answered the question
02:54He asked you a yes or no question
02:56He asked the question
02:58But I don't know what he was referring to
03:00I don't know what is he
03:02Listen to the question
03:04And just the answer to you is going to be yes or no
03:08I'm sorry, I was laughing
03:10Trying to pin him down on whether or not he told people he's a millionaire
03:12I got to say, if I'm A$AP Relly
03:14I'm wondering what the relevance is
03:16Whether or not I'm a millionaire
03:18Did I get shot?
03:20That's what he thinks is the issue here
03:22I'll give you the relevance though
03:24Is that Joe Tacopina is trying to set this case up
03:26As a jilted former friend
03:28Who was jealous of A$AP Rocky's success
03:30Trying to extort him for millions of dollars
03:32By cooking up a fake shooting scheme
03:34Now remember
03:36A$AP Relly gave some pretty compelling testimony
03:38About what happened on direct
03:40But everyone
03:42Mike Tyson once said
03:44Everyone has a plan before they're punched in the face
03:46And Joe Tacopina is one of those guys
03:48Who's going to make him squirm on the stand
03:50He's a very skilled cross-examiner
03:52And that's what you're seeing there
03:54He's trying to set him up to look wishy-washy
03:56In front of the jury
03:58To look like he's maybe after A$AP's money
04:00And it may be pretty effective
04:02Because he does seem a little bit evasive on the stand
04:04When you get a witness like that
04:06To start squirming
04:09I'd imagine that hurts the reputation
04:11With those jurors pretty bad
04:13You're absolutely right
04:15When the judge has to intervene and say
04:17Sir, you need to answer these questions
04:19That's saying that Joe Tacopina is doing his job well
04:21And is asking questions that you need to answer on the stand
04:23And you can't just look for help from me
04:25So you're right, that's going to make him look
04:27Sort of feisty, testy, evasive
04:29Whatever you want to have it
04:31But not good in front of a jury
04:33Yes, I'm Devin from Kansas City
04:35And I think the lawyer is showing his inconsistency
04:37With any story he's telling at this point
04:39Yeah, I mean
04:41This is
04:43As Derek said, this is what Joe Tacopina
04:45Does well to try and
04:47Because remember, all he's got to do
04:49Is get one juror to be like
04:51Maybe
04:53Maybe Rocky's side
04:55Is the right way
04:57I was going to say, with Relly, he's been saying that this has been a nightmare for him
04:59Since this all happened
05:01His life has been a complete nightmare
05:03I can't imagine this is going to help in any situation
05:05Honestly
05:07No, it is
05:09It will be interesting to see
05:11Which way it goes
05:13And yeah, what Relly's reaction is
05:15And obviously, at some point, we might see Rihanna
05:17Walking out of court with her man
05:19Or walking in, but not today