Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in jail Tuesday in Los Angeles after he was convicted final 12 months of taking pictures Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion within the toes in 2020, the Related Press reported. Lanez, whose authorized identify is Daystar Peterson, was convicted in December of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and …
Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in jail Tuesday in Los Angeles after he was convicted final 12 months of taking pictures Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion within the toes in 2020, the Related Press reported.
Lanez, whose authorized identify is Daystar Peterson, was convicted in December of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and two different felonies.
Through the trial, Megan, whose authorized identify is Megan Pete, testified that Lanez shot in the back of her toes and instructed her to bounce when she was strolling away from an SUV that was carrying them in 2020. The rappers had been at a celebration at Kylie Jenner’s home.
In an interview final 12 months with “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, Megan stated she wished to get out of the automobile as a result of Lanez was having a heated argument with one in every of her associates. She stated after she left the automobile, photographs rang out.
“He’s standing up over the window taking pictures,” Megan instructed King. “And I did not even wish to transfer. I did not wish to transfer too fast. Like, trigger I am like, oh my God, if I take the mistaken step, I do not know if he’ll shoot one thing that is, like, tremendous essential. I do not know if he might shoot me and kill me.”
Lanez was additionally convicted of getting a loaded, unregistered firearm in a automobile and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
“Day by day, I consider others internationally who’re victims of violence and survive. It’s actually probably the most powerless feeling, particularly once you query whether or not the justice system can actually defend you,” Megan stated in an announcement learn by District Lawyer George Gascón.
At a press convention after the sentencing, Gascón and Deputy District Lawyer Alex Bott described the years of harassment Megan confronted after the taking pictures. Lanez subjected Megan to “years of hell,” Bott stated.
“He intimidated her, he harassed her,” Bott stated. “However, within the face of all that abuse and vitriol, Megan confirmed the braveness to return ahead and communicate her reality.”
Prosecutors have been in search of a 13-year sentence from Superior Court docket Choose David Herriford. Lanez’s attorneys wished him to be sentenced to probation.
His attorneys tried to get a brand new trial earlier this 12 months. They argued that Lanez’s lawyer within the unique trial wasn’t given sufficient time to organize, that Lanez did not ask Megan to not communicate to the police as she testified and that authorities did not comply with business requirements when utilizing DNA proof to tie Lanez to the taking pictures. Herriford rejected their arguments.
Throughout Monday’s listening to, Lanez’s father, Sonstar Peterson, apologized for saying Lanez was convicted in a “depraved system” following the jury’s responsible verdict. Peterson additionally stated music grew to become his son’s outlet after his mom died from a uncommon blood dysfunction when he was 11. In a letter, rapper Iggy Azalea urged the decide to impose a sentence that was “transformative, not life-destroying.”
The Related Press and Aliza Chasan contributed reporting.
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