Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion after more than 70 letters of support made the case for a lower sentence
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Tory Lanez was instructed to stay away from guns after charges were filed against him connected to an incident with Megan Thee Stallion.Johnny Nunez/Getty Images
Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.
Lanez was found guilty of three felony charges including one count of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
Prosecutors had requested he be sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
Judge David Herriford handed down Lanez’s sentencing at a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday after reading more than 70 letters from Lanez’s family and supporters, including from fellow musician Iggy Azalea.
Lanez spoke briefly ahead of the judge’s decision, saying he still cared about Megan Thee Stallion, and calling her his “friend,” despite what she may think of him, legal journalist Meghann Cuniff reported.
Stallion, whose real name is Megan Pete, did not attend the hearing. But Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta read a written statement that detailed the lack of remorse she’s seen from Lanez and the pain she’s experienced since the shooting.
“He not only shot me, he made a mockery of my trauma. He tried to position himself as a victim and set out to destroy my character and my soul,” Stallion’s letter said, per Cuniff. “He lied to anyone that would listen and paid bloggers to disseminate false information about the case on social media.
“He released music videos and songs to damage my character and continue his crusade,” she continued. “At first, he tried to deny the shooting ever happened. Then, he attempted to place the blame on my former best friend. In his tantrum of lies, he’s blamed the system, blamed the press and, as of late, he’s using his childhood trauma to shield himself and avoid culpability.”
On December 23, 2022, Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty by a Los Angeles jury on three charges — one count of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm, a count of possession of a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence — in relation to a July 2020 incident with Megan Thee Stallion.
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Los Angeles prosecutors had requested in a June hearing that Lanez be sentenced to 13 years in prison.
On July 12, 2020, Stallion and Lanez were at a party at Kylie Jenner’s home in Hollywood Hills, California. At approximately 4:30 a.m., police responded to reports of gunshots outside the house and later arrested Lanez on a felony count of carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, Billboard reported at the time. CBS News reported that Lanez posted a $35,000 bail.
It was revealed four days later that Lanez was accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion at the scene. Megan Thee Stallion first denied that Lanez had shot her, only to accuse Lanez of shooting her a day later on Instagram Live.
The former Los Angeles district attorney Jackie Lacey charged Lanez with felony assault in October 2020, to which his attorney pleaded not guilty on his behalf. Lanez was issued a $190,000 bond, NBC reported.
The New York Daily News reported in October 2020 that Lanez was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Megan Thee Stallion. Prosecutors later accused him of violating the order when he appeared at Rolling Loud in 2021, where Megan Thee Stallion was performing, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors upheld Lanez’s charges in December 2020, and he pleaded not guilty for a second time in January 2021. Prosecutors added a third charge to Lanez’s case in December 2022, just weeks before his trial.
The three charges carried a possible sentence of 22 years in prison plus deportation to Canada, his home country.
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