Sweden's Prime Minister on Saturday warned that American rapper ASAP Rocky will not be getting special treatment despite President Donald Trump's public intervention into the case.
The Swedish leader said earlier that he was aware Trump "has a personal interest in the case."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/kanyewest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KanyeWes t</a> about his friend A$AP Rocky’s incarceration. I will be calling the very talented Prime Minister of Sweden to see what we can do about helping A$AP Rocky. So many people would like to see this quickly resolved!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1152307567634391041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >July 19, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, 30, was detained on "probable grounds for serious assault" July 3. Stockholm's District Court granted prosecutor Daniel Suneson's request that Rocky should continue to be held in pretrial detention until July 25, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
The Swedish leader said earlier that he was aware Trump "has a personal interest in the case."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/kanyewest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KanyeWes t</a> about his friend A$AP Rocky’s incarceration. I will be calling the very talented Prime Minister of Sweden to see what we can do about helping A$AP Rocky. So many people would like to see this quickly resolved!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1152307567634391041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >July 19, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, 30, was detained on "probable grounds for serious assault" July 3. Stockholm's District Court granted prosecutor Daniel Suneson's request that Rocky should continue to be held in pretrial detention until July 25, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.