A judge Tuesday has set a new sentencing date of April 10 for rapper Tory Lanez, after he was convicted of assault and two other charges for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a 2020 argument in the Hollywood Hills.
In December, Lanez was convicted on a trio of counts in connection with the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. EsB reported.
In a statement released in response to the conviction, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón took a moment to commend ‘the bravery of Megan Pete,’ adding that she showed ‘incredible courage and vulnerability’ when providing her testimony in the case.
At a brief hearing in downtown Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge David Herriford agreed to rescind an order that had barred the 30-year-old Canadian rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson from publicly commenting on the case.
Lanez’s new team of attorneys is expected to file a motion for a new trial, which is set to be heard on April 10.
Under cross-examination, the Megan said she initially had no intention of talking about what had happened and ‘didn’t want to be a snitch’ but felt she had to ‘defend my name’ when she saw that people were ‘making up things’ and suggesting that she had never been shot at all.
In a video posted on Instagram Live after the shooting, Megan Thee Stallion said, ‘Tory shot me. You shot me and you got your publicist and your people are lying … Stop lying.’
Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta told jurors in her final argument that Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion after she ‘disrespected’ his musical career.
But Lanez’s trial attorney, George Mgdesyan, urged the jury to acquit his client and told jurors that investigators ‘jumped to conclusions’ and ‘botched’ their investigation into the shooting.
Lanez, who has remained jailed without bail since minutes after the Dec. 23 verdict, was convicted of one felony count each of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, discharging a firearm with gross negligence and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle in connection with the shooting early the morning of July 12, 2020.
He is facing a maximum potential sentence of 22 years and eight months in state prison.
