rapper involved in violent incident at hollywood hotel
They met outside a hotel about a block from the iconic pavement stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mr Mayers was alleged to have whipped out a gun from his waistband and pointed it at Mr Ephron, telling him: "I'll kill you right now."
"He looked me in my eyes and pointed the gun at me," Mr Ephron testified.
Mr Ephron said he told the rapper to fire the weapon, but Mr Mayers started walking away.
As he left, Mr Ephron followed, shouting.
Prosecutors alleged that at this point, Mr Mayers once again pulled out the gun and fired multiple shots, with one bullet said to have grazed Mr Ephron's knuckles.
Much of the trial hinged on whether the firearm in question was a harmless prop gun, as Mr Mayers's defence said, or a real weapon capable of causing harm, as Mr Ephron and prosecutors alleged.
The weapon has not been recovered by authorities.
Jurors were able to watch some footage of the altercation because parts were captured on surveillance video, including audio of gunfire, but no video evidence directly showed any shooting.
Mr Ephron took two days before reporting the incident to authorities and brought shell casings he said he had retrieved from the scene.
But police who responded to reports of a shooting in the area did not locate any shell casings.
Mr Ephron, who said he returned with his girlfriend hours later, said he knew exactly where to look, but no surveillance footage corroborates his account.
He also was not admitted to hospital in Los Angeles and instead went for medical treatment after flying back to New York.
Attorneys for Mr Mayers suggested that Mr Ephron planted the shell casings to frame the rapper.
