In July 2020, during a Hollywood Hills party, rapper Tory Lanez fired five shots at the feet of fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion, putting her life at risk. Today Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty on all charges at his trial in Los Angeles.
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Lanez, originally from Canada, could face up to 22 years in prison and deportation to his home country after the judge found him guilty of discharging a firearm with gross negligence, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle.
Breaking News: A Los Angeles jury found Daystar Peterson, the rapper better known as Tory Lanez, guilty of shooting a fellow artist, Megan Thee Stallion, in both of her feet following an argument about their romantic entanglements and careers in 2020. https://t.co/RDryyi7zV9
— New York Times Music (@nytimesmusic) December 23, 2022
“Justice was served for Meg,” the rapper’s attorney notes
“The jury got it right,” Alex Spiro, attorney for Megan Thee Stallion, told CBS News. “I’m grateful that there was justice for Meg.” Megan Pete (rapper’s real name) testified that Lanez shot her in the feet five times after a party in Hollywood Hills on July 12, 2020.
According to the artist, the shootings occurred after she and Lanez had gotten into a heated argument, each attacking the other’s music career. “I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way,” Thee Stallion said during her testimony. “He kept yelling and swearing.”
She added that she had to have surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet.
? Tory Lanez has been found guilty of all three charges in Megan Thee Stallion shooting case. pic.twitter.com/BID4cF0pXc
— Pop Base (@PopBase) December 23, 2022
Prosecutor applauds Megan’s bravery
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After the verdict was released, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón praised Megan Thee Stallion’s “bravery.” “She demonstrated incredible courage and vulnerability, despite repeated and grotesque attacks that she did not deserve.”
