Tory Lanez at his trial for the taking pictures of Megan Thee Stallion in Dec. 2022. Lanez was discovered responsible of all three felony costs.

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Tory Lanez at his trial for the taking pictures of Megan Thee Stallion in Dec. 2022. Lanez was discovered responsible of all three felony costs.

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Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in jail Tuesday in Los Angeles for taking pictures fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion.

Last December, Tory Lanez, whose given identify is Daystar Peterson, was discovered responsible of taking pictures Megan Thee Stallion within the foot in July 2020 as they left a celebration on the residence of celeb Kylie Jenner.

At his conviction, Peterson was discovered responsible of all three costs prosecutors had introduced towards him: assault with a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm and negligent discharge of a gun for taking pictures Megan.

When the taking pictures occurred, Megan Thee Stallion, whose given identify is Megan Pete, had left the get together with Peterson together with one other lady, Kelsey Harris, who was on the time Megan’s assistant and an in depth buddy, in addition to Peterson’s bodyguard. After Pete and Peterson argued, she bought out of the automobile, and he started taking pictures at her toes.

Prosecutors had sought a sentence of 13 years in jail for the rapper. After the taking pictures, they stated, Peterson launched “a campaign to humiliate and re-traumatize the victim” and “weaponized misinformation” on social media to show public opinion towards Megan.

In the rapid aftermath of the taking pictures, Pete informed police that she had stepped on damaged glass. During her testimony at Peterson’s trial final December, she stated that she was so afraid of the police and Peterson that she could not instantly inform the reality. “I don’t feel safe in the car. I don’t feel safe with the police,” she stated by way of tears.

She additionally testified that Peterson had supplied her and Harris $1 million every to maintain quiet concerning the taking pictures.

On an album released two months after the taking pictures, Peterson included lyrics denying that he had shot her and asserting that he had been framed.

During the primary day of the sentencing listening to Monday, the choose heard statements supporting Peterson, whereas dozens of individuals submitted letters to the court docket on his behalf.

The most sentence for the crimes Peterson was convicted of is 22 years and eight months in jail. However, attributable to a just lately handed California regulation that’s meant as a measure of legal justice reform, courts are actually required to impose the center size of a doable jail time period until there are aggravating circumstances.

Judge David Herriford had beforehand denied Peterson’s request for a retrial. Peterson, who’s a Canadian citizen, additionally doubtlessly faces deportation from the United States after he serves his sentence.