Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced in Los Angeles to ten years in prison for the armed attack on the American singer Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.
Who shot Megan Thee Stallion?
Judge David Herriford of the Los Angeles Superior Court announced the verdict after two days of deliberations. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Petersonwas found guilty in December of shooting the interpreter of “Savage“, after yelling “dance, bitch”.
The 31-year-old rapper he had pleaded not guilty to charges of assault with a semi-automatic weaponfiring a weapon with gross negligence, and carrying a loaded weapon without registration in a vehicle.
Lawyers for Lanez, who is jailed since his verdict was announced in December, they asked for probation or three years in prison and mandatory rehabilitation. But prosecutors pushed for a 13-year sentence, arguing that Lanez’s actions caused the singer physical and emotional harm.
The judge said he received more than 70 letters in support of Lanez from various people, including celebrities and Lanez’s son. A came from the singer Iggy Azalea, who, according to the magistrate, asked for a “transforming, not life-destroying” sentence.
The judge said that the prosecutors showed that there was aggravatingsuch as the use of weapons, also against a vulnerable victim, but that did not prove that there was cruelty in the crime.
Megan Thee Stallionwhose real name is Megan Peteclaims he was in a vehicle with Lanez, her bodyguard and her friend Kelsey Harris after a party at Kylie Jenner’s house in Hollywood in the early hours of July 12, 2020.
The interpreter would have made a comment about Lanez, which sparked a discussion. Right away, the rapper opened fire, wounding her feet. The woman, bleeding, in pain, ended up agreeing to enter the vehicle again. “He apologized” and, according to her, offered her a million dollars for her silence. The police stopped the car shortly after and the artist was taken to a hospital, where she was treated for injuries that she initially attributed to broken glass.
Megan Thee StallionThe 28-year-old said in a statement read in court on Monday that he has not had “not a day of peace” since the incident. “He not only shot me, but he made fun of my trauma,” she said.
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2023-08-10 02:05:43
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