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$AP Rocky. The trial, which is expected to last at least two weeks, began on Tuesday with jury selection. Rocky faces two felony charges of assault with a firearm and could be sentenced to up to 24 years in prison if convicted.
Erika Jayne 's son, LAPD officer Thomas 'Tommy' Zizzo, took the stand in Los Angeles on Friday as the first witness in the gun trial of rapper A$AP Rocky. Zizzo, 32, the son of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and her first husband Thomas Zizzo Sr., testified about his observations upon arriving at the scene of the alleged shooting in 2021.
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 and could be sentenced to up to 24 years in prison if convicted. His trial, which is expected to last at least two weeks, began on Tuesday with jury selection. Zizzo's testimony comes after A$AP Rocky broke his silence at the end of the first week of his trial. As the rapper strode to a waiting SUV, when asked if he had a message for his supporters Rocky confidently responded: 'I love you', before shutting the door behind him. Rocky managed to avoid the crowd of reporters and most of the paparazzi by slipping out a side door, TMZ reported. The rapper previously rejected a plea deal that would have resulted in six months of jail time and now faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted. But before jurors were even seated Friday on the first day of testimony at Rapper A$AP Rocky's trial, prosecutors dropped a bombshell by revealing a ballistics report that could link the hip hop star to the gun he's accused of firing at a former friend. The existence of the never-before-seen 28-page document prompted an angry outburst from lead defense attorney Joe Tacopina who accused Los Angeles deputy District Attorneys of ambushing him and telling Judge Mark Arnold: 'This report should be suppressed without question.' He continued: '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.' The 36-year-old hip-hop star and fashion icon showed up Friday at criminal court in downtown LA wearing a light gray tailored suit, white shirt, blue tie and shiny black dress shoes. On his way into the courtroom he shoved reporters and videographers out of the way as he made his way into the building. Rocky - father to superstar Rihanna's two young children - has pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of assaulting his former friend and bandmate Terell Ephron with a semiautomatic firearm in November 2021 and he's facing up to 24 years in prison if convicted of both. He was arrested in April 2022 at LAX airport as he stepped off a private plane from Barbados where he had been on vacation with multiple Grammy-winner Rihanna, also 36. He has been free on bail of $550,000 since his arrest.
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