This hip-hop mentality is out of control! Check out this Remy Ma trial update:
*A witness in the trial of rapper Remy Ma testified Tuesday that he saw her cock a .45-caliber handgun and climb into a car with Makeda Barnes Joseph, who was shot and nearly killed moments later.
Oluwole Ajudun, a 21-year-old accounting student, testified that early on July 14, 2007, after a party in Greenwich Village, he saw Remy Ma get out of her Cadillac Escalade with a "silver chrome" gun.
"I saw her cock it back and jump in Makeda's car," Ajudun testified, according to the Associated Press. He said he heard a pop moments later and saw Remy leave Joseph's car.
Ajudun's testimony followed that of witness Crystal Ricks, who said she saw Remy approach Joseph's car but did not see a gun. Ricks said she heard a pop, saw a flash and saw Remy get out of Joseph's car, but she never saw her with a gun.
Born Remy Smith, the 26-year-old Bronx performer has pleaded not guilty of first-degree assault and related crimes in Manhattan's state Supreme Court and is free on $250,000 bail. She could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
In opening statements Monday, Remy's lawyer Ivan Fisher said his client and Joseph struggled over the gun and it went off accidentally. But Assistant District Attorney Jason Berland told the jury in opening remarks that the Bronx rapper shot and almost killed Joseph because she believed the woman had stolen $2,000 from her purse.
After the shooting, Berland said, Remy Ma fled in her sport-utility vehicle but slammed into a parked car a few blocks away. He said she left the inoperable vehicle and fled to a friend's home in Harlem.
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