More than seven years after XXXTentacion was gunned down outside a Florida motorcycle shop, one of the men tied to the case is back on the streets. Robert Allen IV, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed robbery, has been released on parole after serving five years.
Allen wasn’t the gunman, but he was behind the wheel during the robbery that turned deadly. He later took a plea deal and testified against the others involved, helping prosecutors lay out how the group tracked the rapper before the attack.
In court, Allen faced the weight of it all.
“To say I’m sorry does not even begin the true inner remorse I want to make known,” he said. “I know that these words that I will speak will never erase the pain and sorrow and loss of what the family will have from now on. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about what happened and beg for forgiveness from God.”
His cooperation mattered. Broward Judge Michael Usan acknowledged that.
“I genuinely believe that you are sorry for what you’ve done and not merely sorry for yourself, and I think the remorse that you’ve shown is genuine,” Usan said.
Allen’s attorney, Jim Lewis, also pushed that his client played a smaller role.
“The crime was horrible,” Lewis stated. “But he did what he could to try and make it right, and I think the court saw that and saw real remorse and is giving him at least an opportunity to show that he’s learned from this and never do anything like this again.”
Meanwhile, Trayvon Newsome, Dedrick Williams, and Michael Boatwright are serving life without parole after their 2023 convictions.
