LAPD officer Thomas 'Tommy' Zizzo, son of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne, took the stand as the first witness in the gun trial of rapper A$AP Rocky. The trial, which could see Rocky face up to 24 years in prison if convicted, is centered around an alleged shooting incident in 2021.
Erika Jayne 's son, LAPD officer Thomas 'Tommy' Zizzo, took the stand in Los Angeles on Friday as the first witness in the highly publicized gun trial of rapper A$AP Rocky. Zizzo, 32, who is the son of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and her first husband Thomas Zizzo Sr., recounted his observations upon arriving at the scene of the alleged shooting. This marks Zizzo's first major public appearance.
He has never appeared on RHOBH and was only briefly featured in a 2020 post on Erika's social media. Shortly after Zizzo's birth, Erika divorced her first husband and later married ex-lawyer Tom Girardi, though they separated in 2020. Rocky, father of Rihanna's two children, faces two felony charges of assault with a firearm for allegedly shooting a friend in 2021. If convicted, he could face up to 24 years in prison. This comes after A$AP Rocky broke his silence at the end of the first week of his trial. As the rapper left court, he confidently responded to a reporter's question with, 'I love you', before entering a waiting SUV. Before the jury was seated, prosecutors dropped a bombshell by revealing a ballistics report that could link the hip-hop star to the gun he's accused of firing. The report, which was only discovered on Thursday night, states that two spent shell casings found at the scene of the shooting could have come from the 9mm Glock 43 gun Rocky is accused of using. This revelation prompted an angry outburst from lead defense attorney Joe Tacopina who accused LA deputy District Attorneys of ambushing him and urged Judge Mark Arnold to suppress the report. 'This report should be suppressed without question,' Tacopina said. 'There is no way to proceed in this case if this report is admitted into evidence… I have never been so upset in a courtroom in my whole career.' A$AP Rocky, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, arrived at court Friday wearing a light gray tailored suit, white shirt, blue tie and shiny black dress shoes. As he entered the courtroom, he shoved reporters and videographers out of his way. His trial, which is expected to last at least two weeks, began on Tuesday with the selection of jurors. By Thursday evening, a jury of seven women and five men, plus four alternates, was in place.
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