EXCLUSIVE: Rihanna looks glamorous as she dines out amid beau A$AP Rocky’s gun allegations — while rapper looks solemn during solo outing in LA

Rihanna and beau A$AP Rocky were spotted separately in LA on Thursday – with the rapper facing two felony charges of assault with a semi-automatic firearm.

The 35-year-old singer, who shares two sons with 35-year-old Rocky, cut a glamorous figure during a night out at the San Vicente Bungalows in Hollywood – a day after her partner appeared in court to hear a former bandmate describing how the star almost killed him. a hail of gunfire.

Rihanna wore a long camel coat, patterned jeans and a gray hoodie, teaming it with snakeskin heels for her night out.

She failed to crack a smile as she chatted with friends as Rocky faces up to eight years in prison if convicted.

Rocky stepped out solo on Thursday, wearing a denim jacket and jeans.

The musician looked somber as he walked down the street in the middle of his trial.

Wednesday Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers heard a fellow A$AP Mob member Terell Ephron tell the court that Mayers, 35, threatened to kill him before firing at least four shots at him on Nov. 6, 2021.

Ephron told the preliminary hearing how their relationship deteriorated as Mayers’ career exploded and others in the group were left behind.

On the night of the shooting, Mayers called him to a meeting at an LA hotel, where they argued before Mayers pulled a gun on him, TMZ reported.

“I’ll kill you now,” Ephron recalled shouting as Mayers held a gun to his stomach, before firing a series of shots as he left the room.

One shot hit him in the hand, but it wasn’t until the next day that Ephron mustered up the courage to report the shooting and a warrant was issued for the rapper’s arrest.

Mayers was arrested last April while returning to LAX airport as he stepped off a private plane from Barbados, where he had been vacationing with his then-pregnant girlfriend.

Officers were also seen outside his LA home, hitting the gate with a battering ram before apparently raiding the property. Detectives seized several boxes of evidence from the home.

The couple left three-month-old Riot and 18-month-old RZA at home with a babysitter while they enjoyed a night out at Wally’s Beverly Hills on Saturday.

Rumors are swirling about Rihanna’s plans for a comeback after her five-year hiatus from the music industry.

It has been claimed that the Grammy award-winning star has planned a world tour for 2024/2025 after signing an eye-watering $39 million deal with Live Nation.

In addition to her tour, the singer and songwriter is also said to have made two albums with new material.

A source said: ‘Rihanna is quietly planning a comeback tour after signing with Live Nation.’

It wasn’t until four months after his arrest that LA DA George Gascon decided the charges were serious enough to push for misdemeanor status, rather than a misdemeanor, which would have only meant a maximum of one year in prison for each charge.

“Firing a weapon in a public place is a serious crime that could have had tragic consequences not only for the targeted person, but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” Gascon said after the charges were announced.

“My office conducted a thorough investigation, not the evidence in this case, and determined that the addition of a special firearms charge was warranted.”

But the alleged attack on Ephron is not Mayers’ first brush with the law.

The rapper was arrested in Sweden in 2019 after a fight broke out in the street between his entourage and two men.

Mayers was convicted of assault, given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay more than $1,000 in damages. He reportedly spent a month in jail before his sentence was handed down.

The artist, who grew up in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, was also charged with attempted murder at the age of 16.

Mayers, who started selling drugs during his youth, was reportedly bullied by an older man. He went to the alleged bully’s home to confront him and ended up firing a gun at him.

‘He tried to approach me in the presence of a few ladies. And I was small. He was a little older than me,” Mayers said two years ago, describing the incident in Untold Stories of Hip-Hop.

The teen, who carried a gun for protection, thought his alleged bully was reaching for a gun after their conversation got out of hand. He claimed he never intended to shoot the man.

“I just started letting go,” Mayers said of the confrontation. ‘I didn’t want to hit him. First they hit me with attempted murder, then it kept falling down.”

Mayers was arrested shortly after the shooting and spent time in the city’s infamous jail on Rikers Island. However, due to his age and the nature of the incident, the attempted murder charges were reduced.

Rihanna and Mayers were initially linked in November 2020 after it was reported that they were seeing each other following the singer’s split from her ex-boyfriend, Hassan Jameel.

The two had known each other since early 2010, when they started performing and touring together.

Rihanna and Mayers remained friends for much of the decade before People confirmed in November 2020 that they were officially dating. The pair embarked on a romantic vacation to the singer’s native Barbados in December, and the rapper spent Christmas with his girlfriend’s family.

Mayers first spoke about their relationship in May 2021 in a GQ interview, calling the Barbados-born singer “the love of his life.”

The Fashion Killa hitmaker – who has never been dogged by claims of infidelity in the past – said: ‘She’s probably just like a million of the others… I think if you know, you know. She’s the one.’

Mayers is currently free on a $500,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court again on Thursday.