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ASAP Rocky Could Receive More Than $2 Million From Swedish Government If Found Not Guilty

<div>Roommates&comma; it looks like the City Girls won’t be the only people asking &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Where the bag at&quest;” According to TMZ&comma; he could be compensated more than &dollar;2 million for his time in jail&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>According to Swedish law&comma; a person is permitted to seek reimbursement for any &&num;8220&semi;coin&&num;8221&semi; lost during their time in prison&comma; if the defendant is found not guilty&period; This has been a major dispute during ASAP’s case&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The rapper’s legal team has fought with the Swedish court to allow Rocky to be released on bail&period; However&comma; the court system is not here for it&period; The prosecution requested that A&dollar;AP be held in jail for six weeks while they gather information to build their case&period; The prosecution has also deemed Rocky as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;flight risk&period;”<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>ASAP’s lawyers argue that a six week hold will not only negatively affect the rapper’s career&comma; but will also hurt his pockets&period; However&comma; if Rocky is found not guilty&comma; in the words of Nicki Minaj&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I tell all my people&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Cut the check&period;’” Sweden will owe ASAP a very hefty amount of money&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Since being incarcerated three weeks ago&comma; Rocky has had to cancel 12 shows&period; The rapper is also booked for seven more shows throughout September&period; &commat;TMZ&lowbar;Tv estimates that Rocky makes &dollar;100&comma;000 per performance&period; If he is held for the full six weeks&comma; the Swedish government could owe the rapper more than &dollar;2 million&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Now&comma; while &dollar;2 million may be a pretty &&num;8220&semi;coin&&num;8221&semi;&comma; it does not substitute the time that Rocky has spent in jail&period; Many artists have taken to social media showing their support of ASAP&period; Most recently&comma; Donald Trump got involved&comma; saying that he would personally &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;vouch” for Rocky if he is granted bail&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&num;Roommates&comma; we will keep you updated on this story&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"51235" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;asap-rocky-could-receive-more-than-2-million-from-swedish-government-if-found-not-guilty&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0ff7a3bbcb"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; 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