A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sentenced Canadian rapper Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and wounding fellow hip-hop artist Megan Thee Stallion in the foot, after a party held at the house of the model Kylie Jennerlocated in Hollywood, in July 2020.
The 31-year-old Canadian singer has been sentenced after being found guilty in December of three crimes: firing a semi-automatic firearm, assault with the same pistol, and possession of it loaded and not registered in his name.
“If I could go back, I would change the series of events that night (…). She was my friend (Megan Thee Stallion) and she is someone I still care about today,” the Canadian rapper declared before the sentence, according to US media reports.
Likewise, his legal defense had requested that be considered probation or a minimum prison sentence. However, Los Angeles Superior Court judge David Herriford has dismissed the petition: “Sometimes good people do bad things (…). Actions have consequences and there are no winners in this case,” he said. he.
For her part, Megan Thee Stallion (28 years old), who in the 2020 event received bullet wounds to the back of her feet and had to undergo surgery, has stated during the process that, since what happened, she has not had “not a single day of peace” and that he would “never” be the same person again.
Stallion reported that the rapper shot him in the foot after getting out of the vehicle they were traveling in, where they had argued.
The rapper plans to appeal the sentence
In this sense, the Los Angeles County district attorney, George Gascón, then thanked the singer for her testimony and condemned the harassment and ridicule she suffered after defending her version.
Gascón has criticized that the rapper has tried to silence and intimidate Stallion to prevent him from sharing his truth, while it has remained strong “despite physical violence, verbal attacks and attempts at public humiliation.”
“The fact that (Megan) is a successful artist has brought an important focus to the issue of violence against women,” said the prosecutor, who has indicated that many women are afraid to talk about their own experiences and that he hopes that it has inspired other women.
Lawyers for Lanez, who has been in prison since he was found guilty, have subsequently stated that their client plans to appeal the sentence: “There are important issues that we have raised in our request for a new trial,” they said, referring to the lack of DNA evidence on the weapon used.
The rapper’s career began in 2009 and, after this event, he published albums such as Alone At Prom o Playboyboth released in 2021, which led him to continue increasing his number of listeners. Currently, it has more than 23.5 million monthly streams on the Spotify platform alone.
Megan Thee Stallion managed to win the Grammy for best new artist in 2021 and her singles “Savage”, with Beyoncé, and the collaboration “WAP”, with Cardi B, reached number 1 on the charts at times. USA.
2023-08-09 04:44:28
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