The superstar singer took a seat in the front row with her youngest child on her lap.
Nobody on that video is acting like thats a fake gun.
Theyre all reacting to a real gun, he said.
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Why does he have to move at all?
He also asked why Mayers would fire real bullets with Ephron grabbing Ulanger.
According to them, he shot a gun, a real gun, at his friend Illz.
That makes no sense, Tacopina said.
The high-powered defense attorney argued Ephron repeatedly perjured himself on the stand.
After Ephron said no, Tacopina asked if maybe he did it at a shooting range.
You heard me, definitely no, Ephron answered.
Thered be no reason to lie about that unless he had to cover up something.
If the word of any witness ever deserved to be tested in this case, its Terell Ephrons.
[Hes] a man whose tongue is a stranger to the truth, Tacopina said.
If Mr. Ephrons girlfriend could corroborate his claim, dont you think you would have heard from her?
Tacopina also urged jurors to remember the casings were tested for fingerprints, but none were found.
Imagine that, maybe wind wiped the fingerprints, he said with exasperation.
Are you kidding me, wind?
Wind knocked a fingerprint off a shell casing?
Thats an excuse, not a fact.
Mayers declined to testify in his own defense.
Phillips told jurors both he and Ephron knew the gun was a prop.
He said when the prop gun first appeared, Ephron taunted Mayers, Shoot that fake-ass gun.
Mayers, 36, is fighting two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm.
The Sundress rapper claims the gun was a prop obtained from the D.M.B.
video he filmed with Rihanna in the Bronx in July 2021.
The video showed the alleged gun in Mayers hands, and that was enough, he argued.
The gun does not have to be pointed directly at Mr. Ephron….
It does not even need to be fired.
He said Mayers tried to walk away, but Ephron pursued them around a corner, taunting Mayers.
He said he only put his hands on Ulanger to avoid getting shot.
He described feeling like he was in a movie during the incident.
The toddlers did not return for the afternoon session.
Closing arguments are scheduled to resume Friday.
