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.
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. 7. “This is a statement for all survivors that their lives matter and there is zero tolerance for the torture that accompanies violence.”
The Canadian rapper was convicted on one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. A jury of seven women and five men deliberated for two days after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and the defense in a high-profile trial that spanned two weeks, coming right up against the Christmas holiday weekend in 2022.
