Rapper’s Day ASAP RockyThe assault trial was 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 Award-winning rapper’s trial, Tmz reported.
Rocky, 36, faces two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm related to 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 the alleged beating “grazed 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 incident in 2021, Tmz Reports. While there, the officer reportedly “testified about what he saw at the scene when he arrived.”
Zizzo has remained out of the public spotlight despite his mother’s reality TV fame – he has never appeared on Rhor and is not featured on his mother Jayne’s social media pages. As Tmz note, her absence from her social media accounts deliberate – she says she doesn’t post about her son “out of respect for his privacy as a police officer.”
Jayne shares son with ex-husband Thomas Zizzo. The pair divorced shortly after the birth of their son in 1992. In 2022, Jayne spoke about her close bond with her son and ex-husband following the legal and financial difficulties she faced following of his separation of his separation from Tom Girardi in November 2020.
“People don’t understand this, but we’re actually pretty tight,” Jayne said of her ex-husband, Thomas, and her 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 really came together,” she said. “He will be 30 in June. Jesus. I just remember walking around here in New York being pregnant with him, but he’ll be 30. And so asking him what he thinks about things, you know, you get this adult perspective, and it’s really nice. “
While Jayne’s son was in court Friday, Rocky’s partner, Rihannawas notably absent on Thursday January 23 during jury selection. According to the Associated PressHowever, it was the subject of several questions.
“And if Rihanna comes to trial here, is it difficult for you to look over there and see the family of the accused and return a guilty verdict?” Deputy Prosecutor John Lewin asked a potential juror.
“Yes,” the woman reportedly replied.
Rocky and Rihanna have been together since 2019 and share two sons: RZA and Riot Rose.