A$AP’s Lawyer Joe Tacopina
Polling The Jury Nearly Gave Me A Heart Attack!!!
Published February 19, 2025 2:09 PM PST
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A$AP Rocky‘s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, is riding high after the not guilty verdict — though he did confess he was this close to a heart attack right before it was read.
Tacopina swung by “TMZ Live” Wednesday … revealing that when the judge polled the jury before reading out the verdict, his heart sank — convinced they’d lost the case. In fact, he says the moment was so intense, he swears it felt like years were shaved off his life.
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Check out the clip — JT dives deeper into the nerve-wracking moment, admitting he’d never had a jury polled in any of his NYC cases … saying the tension was so thick he even asked if it was standard practice in California.
He also spills that he asked the judge afterward why he did that — and you’re gonna wanna hear the judge’s surprising response!
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Despite the scare, it was clearly time to celebrate — as we saw with A$AP crowd-surfing into Rihanna’s arms for a victory hug.
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And when it came to snagging a celebratory squeeze from RiRi herself, Joe spills why he might just have to auction off his suit on eBay.
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