Do you expect the mother of his children is going to be here?
Judge Mark S. Arnold asked Tacopina, referring toRihanna.
Can you find out if shes going to attend every day, no days, some days?
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the judge asked, apparently concerned about possible security measures.
He cited the couples children, ages two and one, as a potential barrier to her attendance.
If she wants to come, shes welcome to come.
If she cant come, thats fine, Judge Arnold said.
Hes ready to face this head on, and hell be okay when this is all said and done.
The lawyer said any decision about Rihannas attendance was not my call.
Its a family decision they have to make.
She obviously is a very well-known, very important person.
Obviously she has a lot of professional obligations of her own.
I can tell you she loves and supports him, thats without question.
Ive seen that live and in color.
He said he appreciated Judge Arnold making it clear he would accommodate Rihannas possible attendance.
It was nice that he went out of his way to welcome her.
It just shows the kind of person he is, Tacopina said.
If convicted as charged, he faces up to 24 years in prison.
Surveillance footage from the parking garage captured the start of the altercation, prosecutors said.
It showed Mayers and Ephron involved in a physical struggle.
The video is difficult to make out, a police witness acknowledged.
There is no obvious muzzle flash and no sound, only figures appearing to scatter at the same time.
Under cross examination, Det.
Frank Flores testified that no weapons were ever recovered in the case.
The detective claimed that collectively, the videos tell a plausible story, but Tacopina pushed back.
Im not asking for opinion, Tacopina interrupted, asking again if the video showed a shooting.
Nothing definitively shows, the detective answered.
The court agrees with the defense that you dont see an actual shooting on the video.
Villar said last November as she found probable cause to send the case to trial.
Judge Villar said she believed tempers were heightened on both sides during the incident.
His testimony is that he was shot, Judge Villar said.
He swore under oath (that) no, he did not.
Thats not going to bode well for him at trial, Tacopina said last year.
You so fucking fake its sad, the text shown to the judge read.
Mayers never responded, he testified.
(Under cross-examination, Ephron said he eventually learned Mayers paid for the entire funeral.)
Ephron said he dared Mayers to follow through.
Why you brought a gun if youre not going to use it?
You dont scare me, Ephron allegedly told Mayers.
He claimed Mayers eventually turned around and fired an initial shot that grazed his hand about a block away.
He said Mayers fired two or three more times before fleeing the scene.
Tacopina previously toldRolling Stonethat his client was the victim of a failed shakedown.
Hes going to be treated like anybody else.
