A jury has reached a justice Friday in the case against Tory Lanez in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, a attempt that has spawned hashtags on internet and diss tracks by some of the key figures in the case.
He has been discover guilty and faces up to 22 years in jail. The Canadian rapper was charged with assault with a firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm, and possessing a concealed and unregistered firearm in a vehicle.
The Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion accused Lanez of shooting her in the foot later the couple left a party at Kylie Jenner’s home in 2020. Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, pleaded not guilty to shooting her and dedicated an whole album to rebutting Megan Thee Stallion’s version of events.
He was originally charged with assault with a semi-automatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. Prosecutors included a 3rd charge, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, prior this month.
Lanez faces a maximum sentence of 22 years in jail. He may also be deported to his home nation of Canada after serving his sentence.
The case originated in July 2020, when police stopped an SUV carrying the pair and two others in the Hollywood Hills. Megan Thee Stallion, whose origninal name is Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, testified that she initially told police that she cut her feet on glass when questioned about why she was bleeding.
She was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai where doctors discover bullet fragments in her foot, which required surgery to remove.
“I couldn’t walk for a while,” she testified. “I still have nerve damage. I can’t really feel the side of my left foot. The back of my feet are always sore, but I just push through it.”
She publicly addressed on her Instagram weeks after the incident that she had been shot and eventually identified Lanez as the shooter. She later took aim at him in the song “Shots Fired.”
In her testimony, Megan Thee Stallion said Lanez offered her $1 million to keep quiet about the shooting. In an interview with Gayle King in April, earlier to the trial, Megan Thee Stallion explained that she initially lied to police because she feared getting into a more dangerous situation.