Tory Lanez has been discovered responsible on all three counts within the 2020 capturing case involving Megan Thee Stallion. The Canadian rapper has been convicted of assault with a firearm, having a hid and unregistered firearm in a car, and negligent discharge of a firearm.
Throughout a nine-day trial in Los Angeles, prosecutors alleged that Lanez (actual title Daystar Peterson) turned drunk and irate with Megan following a celebration at Kylie Jenner’s house within the Hollywood Hills when, as they sat in an SUV, “Meg had insulted his abilities as a musical artist.” Lanez then “pulled [Megan] by the hair” and “both punched her or slapped her” earlier than capturing her within the foot.
In the meantime, protection legal professional George Mgdesyan argued that the case was all about jealousy — particularly Megan being jealous of former buddy and assistant Kelsey Harris, who was not on trial however had beforehand dated Lanez and took the stand, claiming she witnessed Lanez shoot Megan.
In sworn testimonies, Megan and Harris recalled Lanez asking them to deceive authorities and promising to pay a million {dollars} for his or her silence. Mgdesyan theorized that Harris truly shot Megan, mentioning a witness who claimed that the 2 ladies had been in a fistfight and that considered one of them had been holding a gun. Mgdesyan explicitly mentioned that Megan Thee Stallion is “mendacity about her story.”
Prosecutors additionally pointed to voicemails and texts Lanez despatched to Harris and Megan within the aftermath of the incident, the place he apologized for his conduct however doesn’t truly admit to against the law.
Lanez, who declined to take the stand, now faces as much as 23 years in jail and doable deportment.
