[Lifestyle] Celeb and fashion photographer, nabbed in high-profile pot bust, gets new life post-Rikers

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The Fire Department said the dramatic three-alarm fire started in the basement and traveled to the sixth floor — Tzar was on the fifth.

She had a lifetime of memories and belongings inside her apartment, but it was the near 11 pounds of weed that meant the most to the police when she was later ushered back in to collect her effects.

“I put my name on the list [to be escorted inside], and then about 30 minutes later, I hear the police call my name and I’m, like, ‘OK, this is it.’ I walk over to them, they handcuff me, and they bring me a police car,” she said.

She was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana — which carried a possible sentence ranging from no jail time to 5½ years in prison, The Post previously reported — and given a Friday evening appearance before a judge.

 

 

She thought she was home free when her bail was set at $2,000, but by the time a friend arrived with the money, the court had closed for the weekend. 

“All of a sudden, they’re putting me in a paddy wagon. I’m, like, ‘Where are you taking me?'” she recalled.

She was sent to Rikers — widely considered one of the worst correctional facilities in the country.

“Once you get into Rikers, it’s really, really hard to get out. It’s just like, you get lost and all your rights are just taken,” she said of her thankfully brief four-day stay.

After her release, she lived in a Lower East Side hotel for a stint before packing up her burned-out apartment and moving to Williamsburg — as many other aspects of her life turned to ash around her.

“Everything was a nightmare after that,” Tzar said.

“The publicity crushed my photo career,” she continued, noting that it was overshadowed by news of her arrest that replaced her years of work at the top of a Google search for her name.

 

https://nypost.com/2025/07/14/lifestyle/photographer-jennifer-tzar-nabbed-in-high-profile-pot-bust-gets-new-life-as-cannabis-dispensary-owner/