Tory Lanez Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Shooting Megan Thee Stallion
09.08.2023 - 00:09
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Thania Garcia Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Los Angeles judge on Tuesday over the 2020 roadside shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, according to the New York Times. Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was originally scheduled to be sentenced in February of this year but his legal team filed a motion for a new trial in March that was ultimately denied. In the months that followed, Peterson’s sentencing date has been pushed back several times.
Prosecutors were seeking a 13-year sentence and cited three violations of pre-trial court orders, telling the judge Peterson had “waged a campaign to humiliate and re-traumatize [Megan].” His attorneys asked for him to be sentenced to probation or three years in prison and were seeking probation and mandatory rehab, citing Peterson’s alcohol addiction and childhood trauma. Peterson’s legal team submitted letters of recommendation from family members, members and leaders of non-profit organizations, and even a few of his peers from the music industry — including Iggy Azalea. Peterson has been in jail without bond since a jury found him guilty on Dec.
23 of three felony firearm counts over an incident that happened on July 12, 2020, in which fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion (real name Megan Pete), alleged he shot her in the feet after they left a Hollywood Hills party at Kylie Jenner’s home. After the verdict, Lanez stopped working with his trial lawyer, George Mgdeysan, and most recently appointed Jose Baez to aid the case. “He not only shot me, he made a mockery of my trauma,” Pete reportedly wrote in a statement that was read in court on Aug.
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