Rihanna Returned to a $ ap Rocky's Firearm Assault Trial in Los Angeles On Thursday, Her Second Day Sitting in the Front Row For A $ AP RELLI'S TEALTH THAT ROCKY FIID Two 9mm Bullets at Him During A Curbside Comparison in 2021.
The Superstar Singer and Businesswoman, Who Shares Two Young Sons With Rocky, was again escortted Through on the secure entrance, separated from her longtime partner, Who Entered Through in Public Door. She Sat Silently Beteween Rocky's Mom, Renee Black, and His Sister, Erika B., AS Fireworks Erupted When Defense Lawyer Joe Tacopina Grilled Relli, Born Terell Ephron, Over his Instagram Posts Allegedly promoting Flashy Lifestyle.
“I Don't See How You're Basing Me as A Person on My Instagram,” relli, Born Complained, Getting Vision Frustrated. Judge Mark S. Arnold Called for a 10-minute recess so someone couus explain the line of questioning to hem. AS People Were Filing Out, Ephron Loked Over at the Defesen table and appeared to Address Mayers Directly. “You Did it,” Ephron Muttered in the Direction of Rocky, Born Rakim Mayers. Judge Arnold Commanded Him to Stop Speaking. “Do Not Address Anybody,” The Judge Said. “He's Staring at me,” Ephron Protested.
At this point, Rihanna Stood Up and Exited the Courtrom Through A Non-Public Door Behind the bench. When ephron and his civil lawyer, Camille Vasquez, Moved Toward Another Door Leading to the Same Area, Court Staff Yelled Across The Room to Stop Them, Clearly Concerned The Parties Might Cross Paths. A Short Time Later, The Trial Broke from Lunch.
CLAD IN A TAILORED WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK TIE, RIHANNA FOLLOWED THE MORNING SESSION INTENDY. Before Jurors Were Called in, Tacopina Argued to Admit evidence he planned to use for his cross-examination. Judge Arnold Ruled Ephron's Bank Statements Wound Be Fair Game While His Social Media Posts Before the Nov. 6, 2021 Incident would not. The Judge Also Said Tacopina Could Question Ephron About A Letter His Civili Attnesses Sent Rocky, Born Rakim Mayers, After The Shooting That Sought A $ 30 Million Settlement Ahead of a Planned Lawsuit.
“To settle all present and future civil claims we are authorized to extend an offer of $ 30 million dollars,” The letter Shown on a Courtroom Screen Read. “We will not enterTain Any Offer in the Six Figures and Are Committed to Vigorously Pursuing All Claims in the Event quarigation Becomes necessary.”
Ephron Started Testifying in The Criminal Case on Tuesday. He told jurors he met Mayers in High School and was a Founder of Their a $ ap Mob Collective, at Group of Aspiring Hip-Hop Creators and Entrepreneurs. The Acronym Stands for Always Strive and Prosper. He Described A Fast in His Relationship With Mayers As Their Levels of Subcryd and Said He Wei Was Shocked And Furious When Mayers Brandished a Firearm During Their Face-To-Face Meeting Outside The W Hotel in Hollywood The Night of the Incident.
On Wednesday, Ephron Described the Alleged Shooting. He claimed he was pursuing Mayers Around a Corner After First Seeing the Gun, Airing Grievances Because He Figured He would never See Mayers Again.
“The See Rocky Turn Around. When he turns Around, he's like, it Kind of Looked like a Movie. He Kind of, Like, Pointed Down and Shot The First Shot. When he shot the first shot, Felt My Hand [get] Hot, ”Ephron Said, Claiming a Bullet Grazed Him Just Below His Left Knuckles. He Said at that point, he reached for Illijah Ulanger – Another member of Their a $ ap mob hip hop collective Who goes a $ ap illz and living arrival at the meeting point with Mayers – to use him as a shop. “I'm Trying to Not Get Hit at This Point,” Ephron Said.
Mayers, 36, Has Pleaded Not Guilty. He claims he was carrying a starter pistol as a propser for protection. He admits he fired Two “Warning Shots,” Claiming it was to break up in Scuffle Bethaeen Ephron and Ulanger. Mayers Is Adamant He Never Fired Any Live Bullets. If convicted as charged, Mayers is facing up to 24 years in Prison, prosecutors have said.
Surveillance video at the center of the trial was first shown in Court in November 2023 The Blurry, Black and White Video of the Alleged Shooting Has No Vision Muzzle Flash and Had No Sound When it was Recorded Near The Corner of Selma Ave. And View of the Sea Ave. In Hollywood. When the compilation was played again during opening statements, Footage of the Alleged Shooting was synchronized with the sound of Two Loud Cracking Noises Capture as the audio to a different video from Around the corner. Deputy District Atderney Paul Przelomiec Told Jurors During Opening Statements that they were able to marry the sound from Video to the Other Because a Security Floodlight Trigger During the Incident and Was Visible in Both.
In His Opening Staging Last Week, Tacopina Said the Evidence Will Show Multiple People in Mayers' Inner Circle Knew He Carried a “Fake Gun” for Safety, to “Scare off Potential Attackers” After hers the Victim of Prior Violence and a Stalker. Tacopina Said the Specific Gun in Rocky's Hands That Night was a propnts Came From The Set of a Music Video He Filmed in July 2021 with Rihanna.
“This case is about One Man's Jealousy, Lies and Greed,” Tacopina Said, Calling Ephron the “Source of All the Evidence” in the case. “Ladies and gentleman, this case is all about money. The Evidence Will Show You It's Nothing More Than a Money Grab, “Tacopina Said. “The evidence will make clear relli is trying to leverage a fabricated story to extract money from rocky.”
On the Witness Stand Wednesday, Ephron Said Hed the Alleged Shooting and Walked Back to the Lowes Hollywood Hotel, where He Was Staying With His Girlfriend. He said they Returned to the scene together and found two 9mm Shell CASINGS that he later handed over to Police.
“It wasn'T Hard for me to Find the Bullets, Because I Knew Exactly Where I Got Shot At,” He Told the Jury. He said he walked Into the Hollywood Police Station the Next Day and Handed Them Over. Last Week, Tacopina Told Jurors That Ephron's Story About Finding the Casings Couuldn'T Be Trusted. Heid Said Seven Police Officers Responded to the Scene of the Alleged Shooting and Searqued the Same Area With Flashlights. They didn't Find Any Casings.
During Questioning on Wednesday, Przelomiec Walked Ephron Through A Series of Text Messages That He Exchanged with Mayers in The Minutes and Hours After The Shooting. In One Text Sent at 11:58 PM, Ephron Shared a Photo of One of the Shell CASINGS HE ALLGEDLY Found at the scene.
“U Try Killing Me,” He Texted Mayers. He received no answer and follow up with another Message Saying Mayers “Should have” finished the Job.
“Rell WTF IZ U talking about?” Mayers Responded by Text. “Why U Tellin Ppl I Shot at You?”
Ephron Said the Response Upset Him. “I Received it like He Was Not Owning Up to the fact,” he told jurors. Ephron Said He then Sent a photo of his allged injury and accused Mayers of Setting Him Up.
“The Tries to What? N—- i know you hate me. I Hate You Too, “Mayers Texted Back. “Stop Making Shit Up Rell.”
At that point, Ephron Said He Texted Mayers That he Had Evidence. He Had Taken Photos of the Surveillance Chamber on the Buildings Around Where the Incident Took Place. Hei Said Mayers then Texted Him Again, Calling Him An “OP,” Meaning an opponent.
“U Don't Love Me Cuz We Don't Do Business So It Iz What It Iz,” Mayers Wrote in A Follow-up Text. “Now u Trynna Extort [me]Talkin Bout I Shot at a Shot U 4 Times and All Type of Nonsense Ua Phony and U Don't have the best intentions, Stop Texting Me, “Another Text Continued,” Stop Callling My Manager and Call Police If I 'Shot' @ uu wenedrus. “
PRZELOMIEC ALSO ASKED EPHRON How He Felt in the Direct Aftermath of the accident. “Felt Betrayed. The felt Hurt. The felt likes, the was Texting Him, I Wanted to See Where He Was at with the situation, “Ephron Told the Jury. “Felt like he was just denying it, just acting like the shit didn't happy. So it was hard for me to like event Him or Anybody Around Me at That Point. ”
Ephron Testified That He's Faced Serious “Consequers” for Reporting The Incident to Police. Heid Said His Artist Management Company, Shut Eye Entertainment, Lost All of Its Clients. He no longer has any social media two to the backlash, he said.
“It's Been a Living Hell, You Know What I'm saying? Like, Death Threts, People Labeling Me a Snitch for Saying Something That Happened, “He Testified. “My Artists Turned On Me, My Producers, They All Turned On Me Because of the Decision I Made. They felt like, okay, i can't back them up no more, i can't support them with what i'm doing, going to polymer. They didn't want nothing to do with me no more. “