The young woman and her friend, testifying anonymously, were questioned via video link at Stockholm District Court.<\/p>\n
Witness testimonies were the highlight of the third day of the trial where the 30-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, and two other suspects are accused by prosecutors of beating 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari on June 30. The rapper\u2019s bodyguard, identified as Timothy Leon Williams, also testified Friday.<\/p>\n
Whether or not Jafari, who got into an argument with Mayers\u2019 entourage in Stockholm, was hit with parts or a whole bottle has become one of the key issues at the trial.<\/p>\n
Both women who testified Friday maintained their previous statements to police that they saw Mayers and his partners beating and kicking Jafari.<\/p>\n
But one of the women recanted what she witnessed with the bottle. She said she heard the bottle being crushed, though she couldn\u2019t say whether Mayers\u2019 entourage threw the bottle to the ground or hit Jafari with it.<\/p>\n
She said she didn\u2019t see Mayers holding a bottle during the scuffle. Her friend testified that she didn\u2019t see anyone hitting Jafari with a bottle.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything happened very quickly. We were scared for our lives,\u201d the first woman told the court in Swedish. \u201cHe (Jafari) was bleeding. He showed his injuries on his hand. He also said he had a sore back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams\u2019 testimony closely mirrored what Mayers told the court Thursday , adding that the situation was made more complicated due to the language barriers between the rapper\u2019s group and Jafari. His bodyguard said Friday he asked Jafari to \u201cgo away\u201d when he approached the group a second time outside the fast-food restaurant in central Stockholm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew something\u2019s not right about him. I\u2019m noticing it because I\u2019m a bodyguard,\u201d Williams said in English. \u201cAnd now, I\u2019m looking at him like, \u2018Yo, what\u2019s wrong with you?\u2019 I\u2019m looking at him and saw that his eyes were really glossy, like he\u2019s on something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams then went on to explain the details of the brawl, explaining how he grabbed Jafari by the shoulders and took him away from Mayers and the rest of his crew.<\/p>\n
Mayers had also testified earlier this week that he suspected Jafari and his friend were under the influence of some drug, which officials have not yet commented on.<\/p>\n