Tory Lanez has filed a conviction appeal after being found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Tory Lanez has filed a conviction appeal after being found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion
- The rapper’s defense attorney, Jose Baez, 30, claims that prosecutors falsely presented a shirtless photo of Lenez with a firearm on his chest, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
- Baez alleged that prosecutors used the photo to inform the jury that his client had a connection to the weapons, while prosecutors claimed that the photo was used solely for identification purposes.
- A Los Angeles jury last December found Lanez guilty of three counts in the 2020 shooting that left hip-hop star Meghan with bullet fragments in her feet.
Tory Lanez filed court documents on Wednesday to appeal his conviction after a jury found him guilty in December of shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
The rapper’s defense attorney, Jose Baez, 30, claimed that prosecutors falsely presented a shirtless photo of Lenez with a firearm on his chest, according to court documents obtained by him. TMZ.
Baez alleged that prosecutors used the photo to inform the jury that his client had a connection to the weapons, while prosecutors claimed that the photo was used solely for identification purposes.
The appeal also alleged that the plaintiffs erred when they threatened to submit Lenz’s rap lyrics to the jury.
Baez also confirmed that jurors heard an 80-minute interview with Megan’s friend Kelsey Harris, who was in the car the night of the shooting in 2020, but Harris allegedly later retracted much of what she said in the interview.
Conviction appeal: Tory Lanez, who appeared in Los Angeles in December, filed court documents Wednesday to appeal his conviction after a jury found him guilty in December of shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
The appeal filing also alleged that it was wrong for prosecutors to allow Meghan’s statement to the police immediately after the shooting, with Tory telling her: “Please don’t say anything because I’m on probation.”
A Los Angeles jury last December found Lanez guilty of three counts in the 2020 shooting that left hip-hop star Megan, 28, wounded by bullet fragments in her feet.
Canadian rapper, real name Daystar Peterson, was found guilty of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
Jurors also agreed that there were aggravating factors in the attack, which means Lenz could face up to 22 years in prison and deportation when he is sentenced next month.
Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pitt, testified during the trial that Lanez put a gun to the back of her feet and yelled for her to dance as she drove away from an SUV they were riding in the Hollywood Hills in the summer of 2020. She said the two got into a dispute that became especially heated when she began insulting his music.
She needed surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet.
Lenz began releasing mixtapes in 2009 and has seen a steady rise in popularity, moving onto albums for major labels. His last two have reached the top ten on the Billboard charts.
Megan Thee Stallion was already a major rising star at the time of shooting, and her fame has grown ever since.
She won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2021, hit the Billboard Hot 100 number one with her own song Savage, featuring Beyoncé, and as a guest on Cardi B song WAP.
Hip-Hop Superstar: Megan Thee Stallion, shown earlier this month in Beverly Hills, Calif., photographed in July 2020 after leaving a house party in Los Angeles and named Lenz as the shooter
Three felonies: The Canadian rapper, who performed in December in Los Angeles, was found guilty of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in a motor vehicle and grossly negligent discharge of a firearm.
SURGERY REQUIRED: Megan required surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet and shared her injuries on social media