Tory Lanez

2022 - 12 - 14

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Megan Thee Stallion begins testifying against Tory Lanez (whynow)

Megan Thee Stallion has begun testifying in court over an incident in which fellow rapper Tory Lanez allegedly shot her in the foot.

This is where you at with your music.’ And I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way.” “I don’t wanna be on this Earth,” she said at one point. Describing the moment of the shooting, Megan Pete said that her argument with Peterson began in a car, which she then got out from.

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Megan Thee Stallion testifies Tory Lanez shot at her feet and told ... (thejournal.ie)

The testimony came on the second day of the trial of the Canadian rapper.

He arrived at court holding his young son’s hand. He carried the boy out of the courthouse at lunch break and at the end of the day. Kelsey looked shocked.” “I’m in shock. He looked shocked. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

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Megan Thee Stallion tells court fellow rapper Tory Lanez told her to ... (Sky News)

Rapper Tory Lanez has pleaded not guilty to discharging a firearm with gross negligence, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and carrying a loaded, ...

In 2021, she won a Grammy for best new artist, and had number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with her own song Savage featuring "I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way," she said. "I just don't feel good," she said, at the beginning of questioning from deputy district attorney Kathy Ta. Megan Thee Stallion says she was wounded in the alleged incident. At one point, he yelled, "Dance, b*tch!" "I'm in shock.

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Megan Thee Stallion takes the stand in Tory Lanez trial, shares ... (Houston Public Media)

As the key witness for the prosecution, the Houston rapper spoke for the first time in explicit detail about the night Lanez allegedly shot her in 2020.

[988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline](https://988lifeline.org/). That online public debate materialized in real life as supporters of both artists flocked outside of the courthouse for testimony. In her testimony, she said that, as the group drove away, Peterson immediately told Harris and Pete that he would give them each $1 million if they didn’t tell police and said he was on probation for a prior weapons offense. Throughout the trial, Peterson’s defense has repeatedly said that Peterson was never on probation. The Grammy winner recounted that she and Peterson had an intimate but not exclusive relationship in 2020, one that Harris did not know about at the time. “I don’t feel safe in the car.

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Megan Thee Stallion delivers emotional testimony in Tory Lanez trial ... (NME.com)

Megan Thee Stallion delivered an emotional testimony in court yesterday on the second day of the Tory Lanez trial over.

Pete also reportedly admitted that she had initially not been honest about having an intimate relationship with Lanez, adding: “it’s disgusting at this point. This is where you at with your music.’ And I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way.” This is where you at in your career. I felt hurt. She also teared up repeatedly as she spoke about depression and suicide. I just felt shock.

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Megan Thee Stallion takes the stand in the trial of rapper Tory Lanez (WSIU)

Rapper Megan Pete, known as Megan Thee Stallion, took the stand in a LA courtroom to testify against rapper Tory Lanez. Pete says Lanez, whose legal name is ...

So in the age of social media, a lot of the details of the case leading up to this trial and also a lot of misinformation has been shared online that's really sparked and catalyzed debate online about who is telling the truth. So this back-and-forth of this case has really become a flashpoint in the lineage of that constant struggle within the culture. There was a lot of misconstrued information. There was a lot of evidence. And his defense asserts that he was not the shooter that night. The two were friends, but she says that he shot her a couple of years ago.

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Megan Thee Stallion delivers emotional testimony during Tory ... (Capital XTRA)

Megan Thee Stallion has emotionally recounted the night she was shot as the trial against Tory Lanez has started.

[Tory Lanez hit with new felony charge in Megan Thee Stallion shooting case](/artists/tory-lanez/hit-with-new-felony-charge-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-case-trial-jury-firearm/) Megan Thee Stallion has stood up in court to recount the emotional events that took place during the shooting in 2020. Megan Thee Stallion has emotionally recounted the night she was shot as the trial against Tory Lanez has started.

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Megan Thee Stallion Testified That Tory Lanez Offered $1 Million for ... (TeenVogue.com)

Now, with Lanez pleading not guilty on three assault and gun charges related to the alleged shooting, she said she was disturbed to be telling the story again.

Megan said she began walking away from the car and that Lanez said, “Dance, bitch!” before shooting her in the feet. The rapper testified that she initially told police she stepped on glass. In her testimony, she went on to recount the details of how the fight between her and Lanez began. She testified that Lanez immediately tried to cover his tracks: “He’s saying, ‘Please don’t say anything. This is where you at with your music.’ And I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way.” In the two-plus years since the altercation that took place after a pool party at Kylie Jenner’s Los Angeles home in July 2020, the rapper has given her account of the night on multiple occasions in interviews and on social media, claiming that Lanez shot at her feet outside of an SUV.

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Megan Thee Stallion gives emotional Tory Lanez testimony: 'I wish ... (Globalnews.ca)

Megan Thee Stallion provided an in-depth account of the alleged shooting by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, which left her with bullet fragments in her feet.

Tuesday was the first time Pete has publicly confirmed she and Peterson had been intimate. Also in 2020, Pete spoke during an Instagram livestream and publicly accused Peterson of shooting her. She is later seen in the back of an ambulance, crying heavily. Instead, his lawyer George Mgdesyan told the Los Angeles court a jealous argument between Pete and Harris inspired the shooting. She testified Peterson called both women a derogatory word and began to bicker about their musical careers. Pete claimed that Peterson, 30, was upset because she had asked to leave Jenner’s party early.

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Megan Thee Stallion's Ex-Assistant Testifies Tory Lanez Threatened ... (Rolling Stone)

Megan Thee Stallion's ex-assistant and key witness Kelsey Harris testified Tory Lanez threatened her with a gun during Wednesday's trial in L.A..

“She was like, ‘Bitch, Kylie said we got to get the fuck out.’ I was like, ‘I’m confused.’” “The argument that took place inside carried on,” she said, declining to get specific. Asked how Peterson was acting, she said, “Tory’s doing his thing — being Tory, flirting.” Me and her are arguing about her disloyalty.” “I just don’t want to be here.” Judge David Herriford said he conducted an in-chambers proceeding on the matter and determined Harris’ concerns were “legitimate.” Prosecutors then said they would offer her “use immunity” for her testimony, and she was sworn in as a witness. “I don’t care to be here today,” Harris told Ta minutes into her examination. She then described the gathering at Kylie Jenner’s house that preceded the shooting. She said Megan tried to set her up with Tory at first. “The night was a blur. “I mean, it’s ridiculous. When she first walked into the courtroom Wednesday, she was accompanied by criminal lawyer Daniel A.

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Megan Thee Stallion's ex-best friend said Tory Lanez threatened her (INSIDER)

Kelsey Harris, Megan Thee Stallion's former assistant, was offered immunity for her testimony but was reluctant to detail Tory Lanez's behavior.

Harris continued her testimony Wednesday by saying that her initial interview in September 2022 with the District Attorney's office was "not 100% truthful," though she didn't offer specifics on what exactly she wasn't truthful about. When asked to answer the question right before the afternoon break, she took a long pause and said, "I don't know." Lanez wanted to stay, Harris said, and was "just being Tory, flirting with Kylie." "Apparently a fight happened in there," Harris said, referring to when Megan went back into Kylie's house. Harris said Wednesday she had known Megan, whose birth name is Megan Pete, since their freshman year in college, and that the two women met Lanez at a Roc Nation brunch in 2020. "I've moved on with my life." She added through a reluctant testimony that she and Megan had been at Kylie Jenner's house, having a gathering with a handful of people before things soured later at night. On Wednesday morning, Harris consulted with her attorney as she mulled pleading the fifth and not testifying on Wednesday. In court, Harris testified that Lanez tried to pay the two women $1 million in the aftermath of the shooting, but did not confirm, deny or elaborate on key details about the night. When asked by prosecutors if she had shot Megan, Harris assuredly said, "I did not." [a new 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 relating to the conflict. Last week, Lanez was also hit with

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Megan Thee Stallion's Ex-Friend Kelsey Harris Repeatedly Invokes ... (Variety)

Tory Lanez's federal assault trial continued with reluctant testimony from key witness Kelsey Harris, who testified Lanez also threatened to shoot her.

Harris also told the court that Pete had “painted the picture that I betrayed her, she’s painted the picture that I’m this bad person, bad friend, that I took hush money. She said everyone at the house was “having fun,” but remembered Megan — whose real name is Megan Pete — was “a little off,” as she was drunk. To this, Harris responded on Wednesday in court that those accusations were “ridiculous.” Harris testified once Pete said she was ready to leave, the two women left with Peterson’s driver, leaving him still at the house. The question referred to a September interview which was played in court. Her first-person account had been long-awaited, as Lanez has repeatedly denied shooting Megan during a [roadside assault ](https://variety.com/2021/music/news/tory-lanez-yelled-dance-b-before-shooting-at-megan-thee-stallion-detective-claims-1235133043/)in July 2020.

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Megan Thee Stallion's Ex-Assistant Contradicts Earlier Statements ... (Billboard)

Megan Thee Stallion's former friend and assistant Kelsey Harris testified Wednesday (Dec. 14) in the Tory Lanez trial.

Harris replied, “I don’t know whose blood that was.” She then testified that Megan had been bleeding — and had put her leg on Harris’ in the car following the shooting — but that she hadn’t known where the blood was coming from and remained uncertain of Megan’s injuries up to the point when she arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Megan was being treated. Ta then showed Harris a photo of herself, taken at the police station on the night of the shooting, that showed her with blood on her leg. After returning from an hour-and-a-half lunch recess, Harris went on to recant her prior statement that Lanez had threatened to shoot her, admitting parts of her September 2022 interview “weren’t accurate. According to Harris, after King convinced Megan to leave the house because her wig was falling off, the rapper argued that she wanted to leave with Lanez and had King move her and Harris’ bags from his car to Lanez’s car. After the portion of the recording was played where Harris claimed Lanez had threatened to shoot her, Ta pressed Harris about the validity of her claim. Shortly after Smith, Lanez’s security guard, began driving the two women home, Megan insisted they all return to the house because she “had left a slipper.” Harris then recalled seeing Megan rush out the house with Lanez, saying, “Bi—, Kylie said we gotta get the f— out!” before the two hopped in the car with Harris and Smith. “Do I have to answer that?” she asked Judge Herriford, who nodded his head, prompting her to describe the arguments that ensued. After returning from a trip to her hometown of Houston for a few months that year due to COVID, she said she realized that Megan and Lanez had grown closer during her time away. Harris described Megan as “drunk” and that “her behavior was a little off” and later said that Lanez was “just being Tory” and “flirting with Kylie” — an admission that caused the defendant to smirk from his seat. When asked again how she felt about being in court, Harris blamed “anxiety, post-partum, a death in the family…[and a] sick baby” as reasons why she was not mentally present in the courtroom. During cross-examination, the Grammy-winning rapper (real name Megan Pete) denied Harris was the shooter and told the defense it was their client Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) who yelled, “Dance, bi—!” before allegedly pointing the gun and shooting her. During a portion of that earlier interview, Harris could be heard claiming that Lanez had also threatened to shoot her on the car ride back from Kylie Jenner‘s house prior to the shooting.

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Megan Thee Stallion's ex-assistant testifies in Tory Lanez case ... (NME.com)

Megan Thee Stallion's ex-assistant took the witness stand at Tory Lanez' Los Angeles trial yesterday, saying that he threatened her with gun.

[Earlier this month, Lanez was released from house arrest at a judge’s discretion](https://www.nme.com/news/music/tory-lanez-released-from-house-arrest-for-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-trial-3361410) in order to prepare for the trial. ](https://www.nme.com/news/music/tory-lanez-hit-with-third-charge-in-megan-thee-stallion-trial-3361799) “Some of those things I stated, they were not accurate,” she added. “The night was a blur. [Harris was set to testify that she saw Lanez fire the gun that injured Pete](https://www.nme.com/news/music/megan-thee-stallion-friend-testify-saw-tory-lanez-fire-gun-3365966), the first day of her appearance saw prosecutors reveal that she conducted an interview in September in which she claimed that Lanez threatened to shoot her before allegedly firing on Pete. [and a third charge of discharging a firearm with gross negligence](https://www.nme.com/news/music/tory-lanez-hit-with-third-charge-in-megan-thee-stallion-trial-3361799).

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