Tory Lanez Found Guilty of Shooting Megan Thee Stallion

A Los Angeles jury found Rapper Tory Lanez guilty of shooting fellow hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.

Megan Thee Stallion testified during the trial that Lanez fired a handgun at the back of her feet and shouted for her to dance when walking away from the car they had been in. The 27-year-old Grammy-winning rapper needed surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet.

After the jury left the courtroom, Lanez’s father, Sonstar Peterson, leaped up and began shouting: “This wicked system stands judged before God almighty!” He then pointed to the two prosecutors in the case and yelled “You two are evil, wicked people. You know exactly what you did.”

“Why would she lie?” Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott said. “She’s been subjected to a stream of hate. For what? For coming forward as a victim of domestic violence?”

In the same vein, Lanez’s lawyer claimed that the shots were actually fired by Megan’s friend Kelsey Harris in a jealous fight over Lanez, who tried to stop the shooting.

The attorney, George Mgdesyan, argued Megan created a more sympathetic narrative by pinning the shooting on Lanez.

“Megan Pete is a liar. She lied about everything in this case from the beginning,” Mgdesyan said. “She lied under oath here.”

Harris denied being the shooter and identified Lanez as the one holding the gun. Her attorney, in an email, declined to comment on her involvement.