Tory Lanez

Daystar Peterson, the Canadian rapper known as Tory Lanez, was found guilty by a Los Angeles jury on Friday of shooting fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion in ...

Lanez, who was free on bail during the trial after a period of house arrest, was taken into custody. The sentencing was scheduled for Jan. Lanez faces over 20 years in prison and a potential deportation to Canada.

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office accused Lanez of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020 after a party at Kylie Jenner's house.

[Insider previously reported](https://www.insider.com/detective-tory-lanez-shouted-dance-bitch-megan-thee-stallion-2021-12). [The trial began](https://www.insider.com/tory-lanez-megan-thee-stallion-assault-trial-witnesses-major-events-2022-12) [on December 12](https://www.insider.com/lapd-domestic-abuse-allegations-tory-lanezs-trial-shooting-megan-stallion-2022-12) and the jury began deliberating Thursday, reaching a verdict on Friday. She'd also [posted graphic now-deleted photos of her injuries](https://www.insider.com/megan-thee-stallion-shot-foot-photo-not-lying-2020-8) after commenters accused her of lying. [In August 2020](https://www.insider.com/megan-thee-stallion-accuses-tory-lanez-of-shooting-her-foot-2020-8), Megan then said on social media that Lanez was the one that shot her feet. He now faces [up to 22 years in prison](https://variety.com/2020/music/news/tory-lanez-charged-with-assault-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-1234798134/) and possible deportation to Canada. She added that Lanez was escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs while Lanez's father and stepmother shouted. [emotional testimony from Megan](https://www.insider.com/megan-thee-stallion-explains-why-lied-about-tory-lanez-shooting-2022-12), [a recorded interview from Harris](https://www.insider.com/megan-thee-stallions-ex-best-friend-spills-details-shooting-interview-2022-12), and multiple texts and phone calls from Lanez apologizing after the incident. "It's not over!" "You showed incredible courage and vulnerability with your testimony despite repeated and grotesque attacks that you did not deserve. "God does not lose! "I want to start by highlighting the bravery of Megan Pete," Gascón wrote. [not guilty](https://www.insider.com/tory-lanez-pleaded-not-guilty-shooting-charges-megan-thee-stallion-2022-1) to the charges and denied shooting Megan.

Lanez could face a prison sentence of more than 20 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet.

She said she chose to come forward identifying Lanez as the shooter despite serious concerns it might derail her career. Megan Thee Stallion initially told authorities she had stepped on glass, testifying she was worried about legal entanglements if she told police a gun went off. [Tory Lanez Trial: Timeline Of Events Leading Up To Trial For Alleged Shooting Of Megan Thee Stallion](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2022/12/12/tory-lanez-trial-timeline-of-events-leading-up-to-trial-for-alleged-shooting-of-megan-thee-stallion/?sh=1e244a16546b) (Forbes) [last month](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2022/12/12/tory-lanez-trial-timeline-of-events-leading-up-to-trial-for-alleged-shooting-of-megan-thee-stallion/?sh=d9858fb6546b) for lyrics that appeared to suggest Megan Thee Stallion had lied about the shooting, a claim her attorney called “ignorant.” [for shooting fellow rapper](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2022/12/12/tory-lanez-trial-timeline-of-events-leading-up-to-trial-for-alleged-shooting-of-megan-thee-stallion/?sh=1e244a16546b) Megan Thee Stallion during an argument in 2020, according to [multiple](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tory-lanez-trial-verdict-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-1234652388/) [reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/arts/music/tory-lanez-megan-thee-stallion-verdict.html), following a high-profile trial where Lanez's defense attempted to argue he was not the shooter. Harris testified that she did not see who shot the rapper, even though she’d given earlier statements identifying Lanez as the shooter, including a text from the night of the incident saying, “Tory shot meg.” Megan Thee Stallion said on the witness stand that Lanez immediately attempted to cover up the shooting, offering her and Harris $1 million to keep quiet.

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Jurors have reached a verdict at the trial of rapper Tory Lanez, who is charged with shooting and wounding hip-hop star Megan Thee ...

1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with her own song “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, and as a guest on Cardi B’s “WAP.” She lied about everything in this case from the beginning,” Mgdesyan said. The attorney, George Mgdesyan, argued Megan created a more sympathetic narrative by pinning the shooting on Lanez. She said the two had gotten into a dispute that got especially heated when she began insulting his music. He was handcuffed while in the courtroom. The counts could lead to up to 22 years in prison.

The 30-year-old Canadian rapper, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded, ...

According to the Times, Megan said while testifying that she was upset with how the narrative of “this whole story has not been about the shooting. The Associated Press [reported](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-los-angeles-hip-hop-and-rap-21b191b4bfe7eeae6b4a18e92fc4f39b) that Harris explicitly stated on the recording that Lanez “was shooting the gun.” [rampant harassment and ridicule](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/07/31/megan-thee-stallion/?itid=lk_inline_manual_34) over the alleged incident. Megan stated that she asked to be let out of the vehicle, after which point she said things escalated and Lanez shot at her while yelling, “Dance, b----.” Harris was a key witness for prosecutors, who expected her to corroborate that Lanez discharged the firearm. She repeatedly asked to hear questions again and said she was “zoning out.” She said the shooting took place after she and Lanez got into an argument upon leaving a party hosted by beauty mogul Kylie Jenner, when Lanez told Megan “to stop lying” about the nature of their relationship to her best friend, Kelsey Harris. Megan first recounted details of the “traumatic night” July 15 on Instagram, where she stated that she “suffered gunshot wounds” and underwent surgery to remove the bullets. Asked why she initially told authorities her injuries were from stepping in glass, Megan said she didn’t “feel safe with the police,” NPR reported. In a recorded interview from September, Harris told prosecutors Lanez had threatened to shoot her inside the SUV before he began shooting at Megan, Earlier this month, during jury selection for the case, prosecutors [tacked on a third charge](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tory-lanez-new-felony-charge-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-1234642370/) of discharging a firearm with gross negligence. In the summer of 2020, reports spread of an allegedly violent incident that occurred July 12 between Lanez and Megan after a party in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Lanez no show reaction as dem read out di verdict. E dey remanded for custody as dem go sentence am on 27 January.

She bin also testify say e bin offer her $1m (£830,000) to keep quiet about di attack because e claim say e dey probation for a weapons offence. Speaking after di case don conclude, one of Megan Thee Stallion lawyers bin tell reporters say "di jury get am right. She bin tell di jury di Canadian bin tell her to "dance" before opening fire.

In a courtroom that quickly turned chaotic after a trial that seethed with tension both cultural and personal, a Los Angeles jury on Friday found rapper ...

1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with her own song “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, and as a guest on Cardi B’s “WAP.” She lied about everything in this case from the beginning,” Mgdesyan said. The attorney, George Mgdesyan, argued Megan created a more sympathetic narrative by pinning the shooting on Lanez. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for roughly a day and a half before convicting the 30-year-old Canadian rapper, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. She said the two had gotten into a dispute that got especially heated when she began insulting his music. A young girl cried, and was hugged by Lanez’s stepmother, who was also tearful before she began shouting along with her husband.

Megan Thee Stallion accused Lanez of shooting her in the foot during an argument after the pair left a party at Kylie Jenner's home in July 2020.

[posted a tweet earlier this month](https://twitter.com/50cent/status/1604247226796019712) with a series of photos that appeared to show Megan Thee Stallion transforming into actor Jussie Smollett. "You want me to tell the law that we got a gun in the car so they can shoot all of us up?" "(He's) leaning over the front passenger door, and he was shooting the gun." "Why?" Other celebrities have also spoken up about the case online, including Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" collaborator Cardi B. She later took aim at him in the song "Shots Fired." On the day she took the stand, thousands online used the hashtag #WeStandWithMegan to rally behind her virtually. WHY WAS SHE SHOT?" us Black people got a gun in the car?" The case originated in July 2020, when police stopped an SUV carrying the pair and two others in Hollywood Hills. "You showed incredible courage and vulnerability with your testimony despite repeated and grotesque attacks that you did not deserve," he said. Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, pleaded not guilty to shooting her and dedicated an entire album to rebutting Megan Thee Stallion's version of events.

A jury in Los Angeles County District, the United States, on Friday convicted Canadian rapper, Tory Lanez of shooting his former girlfriend, Megan Thee Stallion ...

Lanez faces a maximum sentence of 22 years and eight months in prison and also stands risk of deportation to his home country of Canada after serving his sentence. The American Grammy-winning rapper, Stallion had accused her colleague and ex-boyfriend, Lanez of shooting her in the foot after the duo left a Los Angeles party at Kylie Jenner’s home, two years ago. A jury in Los Angeles County District, the United States, on Friday convicted Canadian rapper, Tory Lanez of shooting his former girlfriend, Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in 2020.

A jury has found Tory Lanez guilty of three charges relating to him shooting Megan Thee Stallion at a party in July 2020.

Lanez, 30, faces a possible 22 years in jail after being convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, discharging a firearm with gross negligence and ...

Megan Thee Stallion told the court during the trial she felt she had “been turned into some kind of villain,” in the wake of the shooting, with the male-dominated rap world frequently seeming to be against her, and critical of her decision to press charges against Lanez. “I’m in shock. I’m scared. He insisted Harris was “the one who shot her friend” and that it had been a “case about jealousy” that had also involved a fistfight between the two women. Harris, who only learned of the sexual relationship that night, had a “crush” on Lanez, she told the court, and an argument then erupted in the car, with Megan Thee Stallion demanding to be let out of the vehicle. A trial in Los Angeles heard how he had ordered her to “Dance, bitch” as he shot at her several times while she stood on the road.

Tory Lanez, Candaian rapper and singer who shot fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion, was found guilty on all charges in his Los Angeles trial on Friday.

[Pardison](/topic/pardison)"Pardi" Fontaine, have been dating for two years. [Tory Lanez](/topic/tory-lanez), whose actual name is [Daystar Peterson](/topic/daystar-peterson), may face up to 22 years in prison and deportation back to Canada. [Megan](/topic/megan)Thee Stallion, real name [Megan Pete](/topic/megan-pete), testified that Tory Lanez fired at her feet five times on July 12, 2020, after a party in the [Hollywood Hills](/topic/hollywood-hills). She received a Grammy for best new artist in 2021 and had Lanez was strangely silent as the decision was read out. In the courtroom, he was handcuffed.