{"id":108803,"date":"2025-02-20T15:16:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/20\/aap-rocky-shows-donald-trump-how-to-properly-thank-a-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:16:42","slug":"aap-rocky-shows-donald-trump-how-to-properly-thank-a-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/20\/aap-rocky-shows-donald-trump-how-to-properly-thank-a-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky Shows Donald Trump How To Properly Thank A Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo by Ollie Millington\/WireImage)<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a jury found A$AP Rocky not guilty of a 2021 shooting, the artist and his even-more-famous partner Rihanna reportedly took the opportunity to thank Rocky\u2019s lawyer in the sweetest way possible.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Extra<\/a>, the victorious defense attorney shared, \u201cRihanna and Rocky said to me in the courtroom yesterday, they grabbed me and they said, \u2018Listen, our next baby is A$AP Joe.\u2019\u201d That probably isn\u2019t replacing any of the billable hours, but it beats a fruit basket!<\/p>\n

The future A$AP\u2019s namesake is Joe Tacopina<\/a>, (whose website, we note, now sports a new font!<\/a>), whose relationship with the family seems to have leveled up after formerly babysitting the couple\u2019s first child while Rihanna performed at the Super Bowl, becoming the first lawyer to take on babysitting duty since Lionel Hutz (a.k.a. Miguel Sanchez, a.k.a. Dr. Nguyen Van Thoc) watched the Simpson kids for 32 hours.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a much nicer gesture than Tacopina might be used to.<\/p>\n

The last big defendant that Tacopina successfully represented (or perhaps babysat) ran to his personal social media platform and Truth Socialed a slobbering diatribe against the lawyer<\/a> for managing to keep Trump from owing even MORE money for defaming E. Jean Carroll by calling her a liar over the \u2014 as the judge put it<\/a> \u2014 colloquial-but-not-strictly-legal-definition rape. And yet this is what Tacopina got by way of thanks:<\/p>\n

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This disgusting Slob, a Democrat Political Operative, is the same guy who funded a woman who I knew absolutely nothing about, sued me for Rape, for which I was found NOT GUILTY. She didn\u2019t remember the year, decade, or much else! In Interviews she said some amazingly \u201cinconsistent\u201d things. Disgraceful Trial\u2014Very unfair. I was asked by my lawyer not to attend\u2014\u201cIt was beneath me, and they have no case.\u201d That was not good advice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here on planet Earth, Tacopina\u2019s decision to keep the incoherent and off-putting Trump out of the courtroom was likely instrumental to convincing the jury that Trump\u2019s actions were more legally characterized as sexual assault than rape. By contrast, Trump did get to speak at his subsequent criminal trial<\/a> and only succeeded in getting convicted 34 times. Probably should\u2019ve kept listening to Joe. <\/p>\n

Another fun tidbit: Tacopina\u2019s Extra interview was conducted by Billy Bush, who famously found himself on the receiving end of Trump\u2019s \u201cgrab \u2019em by the pussy\u201d remarks later referenced in the Carroll case<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Because time isn\u2019t so much a flat circle, but a M\u00f6bius strip of jackassery perpetually orbiting Trump.<\/p>\n

A$AP Rocky\u2019s Attorney Says Rapper & Rihanna Promised to Name Next Kid Joe (Exclusive)<\/a> [Extra]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Trump Flames His Lawyer Joe Tacopina On Truth Social<\/a>
Trump Gets Carroll Judge To Brand Him A Digital Rapist. Again.<\/a>
Donald Trump\u2019s Lawyer Needs A Graphic Designer Who Isn\u2019t Copying And Pasting Quinn Emanuel\u2019s Logo<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post A$AP Rocky Shows Donald Trump How To Properly Thank A Lawyer<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Ollie Millington\/WireImage)<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a jury found A$AP Rocky not guilty of a 2021 shooting, the artist and his even-more-famous partner Rihanna reportedly took the opportunity to thank Rocky\u2019s lawyer in the sweetest way possible.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Extra<\/a>, the victorious defense attorney shared, \u201cRihanna and Rocky said to me in the courtroom yesterday, they grabbed me and they said, \u2018Listen, our next baby is A$AP Joe.\u2019\u201d That probably isn\u2019t replacing any of the billable hours, but it beats a fruit basket!<\/p>\n

The future A$AP\u2019s namesake is Joe Tacopina<\/a>, (whose website, we note, now sports a new font!<\/a>), whose relationship with the family seems to have leveled up after formerly babysitting the couple\u2019s first child while Rihanna performed at the Super Bowl, becoming the first lawyer to take on babysitting duty since Lionel Hutz (a.k.a. Miguel Sanchez, a.k.a. Dr. Nguyen Van Thoc) watched the Simpson kids for 32 hours.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a much nicer gesture than Tacopina might be used to.<\/p>\n

The last big defendant that Tacopina successfully represented (or perhaps babysat) ran to his personal social media platform and Truth Socialed a slobbering diatribe against the lawyer<\/a> for managing to keep Trump from owing even MORE money for defaming E. Jean Carroll by calling her a liar over the \u2014 as the judge put it<\/a> \u2014 colloquial-but-not-strictly-legal-definition rape. And yet this is what Tacopina got by way of thanks:<\/p>\n

\n

This disgusting Slob, a Democrat Political Operative, is the same guy who funded a woman who I knew absolutely nothing about, sued me for Rape, for which I was found NOT GUILTY. She didn\u2019t remember the year, decade, or much else! In Interviews she said some amazingly \u201cinconsistent\u201d things. Disgraceful Trial\u2014Very unfair. I was asked by my lawyer not to attend\u2014\u201cIt was beneath me, and they have no case.\u201d That was not good advice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here on planet Earth, Tacopina\u2019s decision to keep the incoherent and off-putting Trump out of the courtroom was likely instrumental to convincing the jury that Trump\u2019s actions were more legally characterized as sexual assault than rape. By contrast, Trump did get to speak at his subsequent criminal trial<\/a> and only succeeded in getting convicted 34 times. Probably should\u2019ve kept listening to Joe. <\/p>\n

Another fun tidbit: Tacopina\u2019s Extra interview was conducted by Billy Bush, who famously found himself on the receiving end of Trump\u2019s \u201cgrab \u2019em by the pussy\u201d remarks later referenced in the Carroll case<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Because time isn\u2019t so much a flat circle, but a M\u00f6bius strip of jackassery perpetually orbiting Trump.<\/p>\n

A$AP Rocky\u2019s Attorney Says Rapper & Rihanna Promised to Name Next Kid Joe (Exclusive)<\/a> [Extra]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Trump Flames His Lawyer Joe Tacopina On Truth Social<\/a>
Trump Gets Carroll Judge To Brand Him A Digital Rapist. Again.<\/a>
Donald Trump\u2019s Lawyer Needs A Graphic Designer Who Isn\u2019t Copying And Pasting Quinn Emanuel\u2019s Logo<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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