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US rapper A$AP Rocky arrested in Sweden after brawl: Prosecutor

  (Reuters)
Stockholm, Sweden
Thu, July 4, 2019

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US rapper A$AP Rocky arrested in Sweden after brawl: Prosecutor A$AP Rocky performs during the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on November 23, 2014. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuon)

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S rapper A$AP Rocky was arrested early on Wednesday on suspicion of serious assault after a brawl in Sweden's capital, prosecutors said.

The 30-year-old performer, producer and model was held with three others in connection with a fight that took place on Sunday, a Prosecution Authority spokeswoman said.

"One person was arrested for assault and three people were arrested for serious assault, and the artist is one of those three," she added.

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A$AP Rocky was detained around 1 a.m. (2300 GMT Tuesday), the prosecution said, a few hours after his appearance at the Smash hip hop festival in Stockholm.

A Swedish lawyer representing the artist told Reuters his client denied wrongdoing.

"We are working hard with this and confident that the prosecutor will take a decision in favor of my client when he gets the full picture," lawyer Henrik Olsson Lilja said.

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