Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for taking pictures Megan Thee Stallion in a 2020 incident.
Lanez was discovered responsible in December final 12 months of three felonies associated to the taking pictures. Sentencing was delayed from Monday (August 7) to Tuesday (August 8), with Lanez then lastly being handed down his jail time period.
Prosecutors on the case had been in search of a 13-year sentence, whereas the utmost sentence he may have obtained was 22 years and eight months.
While Megan Thee Stallion – who was shot in each toes by Lanez after attending a celebration in 2020 – wasn’t current on the listening to, she submitted a courtroom assertion that reads per an Associated Press report: “Since I used to be viciously shot by the defendant, I’ve not skilled a single day of peace. Slowly however certainly, I’m therapeutic and coming again, however I’ll by no means be the identical.”
Per Stallion’s assertion, which was learn in courtroom by Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta, the rapper additionally stated she “merely couldn’t carry myself to be in a room with Tory once more.”
After the sentencing, Lanez’ lawyer Jose Baez stated: “I’ve seen vehicular murder and different instances the place there’s dying and the defendant nonetheless will get lower than 10 years,” describing himself as “very disenchanted”.
Lanez – actual identify Daystar Peterson – was discovered responsible of all three expenses pegged towards him: one depend of assault with a semiautomatic firearm; one depend of carrying a hid, loaded, and unregistered firearm in a car; and one cost of discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
In April, Megan Thee Stallion – actual identify Megan Pete – issued a “remaining” response over the incident. In her response, she mirrored on the “humiliation” she confronted from the general public when coming ahead with the claims.
