The first day of rapper ASAP RockyThe assault trial served as a reminder of how small Hollywood can be.
Thomas Zizzo Jr.a Los Angeles police officer and son of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jaynetook the stand on Friday, January 14, during the first day of the Grammy-winning rapper’s trial, TMZ reported
Rocky, 36, faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in connection with a 2021 shooting incident in Hollywood. He is accused of firing two or three shots at Terell Ephron, a childhood friend. According to the Associated PressEphron claims that the alleged shots “were cracking his knuckles. The rapper has pleaded not guilty.
The rapper faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted.
Zizzo was one of the first LAPD officers to respond to the scene of the alleged 2021 incident, TMZ reports. While on the stand, the officer reportedly “testified to what he saw on the scene when he arrived.”
Zizzo has stayed out of the public spotlight despite his mother’s reality TV fame – he has never appeared in RHOBA and is not featured on the social pages of his mother Jayne. As TMZ note, her absence from her social media accounts is deliberate – she says she doesn’t post about her son “out of respect for his privacy as a police officer.”
Jayne shares her son with ex-husband Thomas Zizzo. The couple divorced shortly after the birth of their son in 1992. In 2022, Jayne spoke about her close bond with her son and ex-husband after the legal and financial struggles she faced later at their separation. Tom Girardi in November 2020.
“People don’t realize this, but we’re actually pretty close,” Jayne said of her ex-husband, Thomas, and their son at the time. “They have been very supportive, and I am very grateful.
She went on to say that the “silver lining” of her split from Girardi was how it strengthened her relationship with her son.
“My son and I, we really got together,” she explained. “He’ll be 30 in June. Jesus. I just remember walking around here in New York being pregnant with him, but he’s going to be 30. And so asking him what he thinks about things, you know, you get this adult perspective, and it’s really beautiful”.
While Jayne’s son was present in court on Friday, Rocky’s partner, Rihannahe was noticeably absent on Thursday, January 23, during jury selection. According to the Associated Presshowever, it was the subject of many questions.
“And if Rihanna comes here in court, is it going to be difficult for you to look here and see the family of the accused and give a guilty verdict?” Deputy District Attorney John Lewin asked a prospective juror.
“Yes,” the woman is said to have replied.
Rocky and Rihanna have been together since 2019 and share two children: RZA and Riot Rose.
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