Tory Lanez, pictured performing in 2019, was stabbed within the California jail the place he’s serving time after being convicted of taking pictures Megan Thee Stallion within the toes.
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Tory Lanez was hospitalized on Monday after being stabbed on the California jail the place he’s serving 10 years for taking pictures fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion.
The Canadian rapper, whose authorized identify is Daystar Peterson, is in truthful situation after he was allegedly attacked by one other inmate at a housing unit on the California Correctional Establishment in Tehachapi round 7:20 a.m. native time, in accordance with the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The suspected attacker, recognized as Santino Casio, has been positioned in restricted housing pending an investigation, CDCR mentioned.
A message posted to Lanez’s official Instagram account that night time mentioned he was stabbed 14 instances, “together with 7 wounds to his again, 4 to his torso, 2 to the again of his head, and 1 to the left facet of his face.” It mentioned each of his lungs had collapsed, however his situation was bettering.
“He’s now respiratory on his personal,” it reads. “Regardless of being in ache, he’s speaking usually, in good spirits, and deeply grateful to God that he’s pulling by means of.”
Particulars in regards to the assault stay scarce. CDCR officers mentioned the jail’s investigative unit and Kern County District Legal professional’s Workplace are investigating. NPR has reached out to the DA’s workplace for extra info.
Why is Lanez in jail? A refresher on the case
Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in jail in August 2023 after a divisive and high-drama trial that ended along with his conviction on three felony fees: assault with a semi-automatic firearm, possession of a hid, unregistered firearm, and negligent discharge of a firearm.
The costs stem from an incident that occurred early one morning in July 2020 as Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion left a pool occasion in Los Angeles. Stallion, whose authorized identify is Megan Pete, accused Lanez of taking pictures her in each toes as she obtained out of their automobile after an argument.
Stallion mentioned in a since-deleted Instagram publish just a few days later that she had suffered gunshot wounds that night time, however didn’t determine Lanez because the perpetrator till the next month. Lanez — who pleaded not responsible at trial — then launched an album with lyrics sustaining his innocence and casting doubt on Stallion’s claims.
That October, the Los Angeles County district legal professional’s workplace charged Lanez with felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and a choose issued a protecting order to maintain him at the least 100 yards away from Stallion. He violated the order the next summer time.
The rappers continued to spar in public, referring to the incident in music lyrics. In the meantime, media personalities, different high-profile rappers and followers of each artists forged doubt on the opposite’s model of occasions, with many scrutinizing and blaming Stallion.
Lanez’s December 2022 trial divided the hip-hop group and the web, elevating broader points just like the mistreatment of Black girls in each the business and the felony justice system. Stallion testified throughout the trial that the taking pictures — and ensuing backlash — had harm her bodily and psychological well being, and he or she feared it will injury her profession too.
“I can not maintain conversations with individuals for a very long time. I do not really feel like I need to be on this earth,” she mentioned. “I want he would have simply shot and killed me, if I knew I must undergo this torture.”
Lanez is interesting his sentence however was denied bond within the meantime.
His authorized troubles continued behind bars
Stallion alleges that Lanez has harassed her from jail by means of surrogates, leading to an extension of the restraining order towards him.
In a petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket in December, her authorized crew wrote that he “continues to topic her to repeated trauma and victimization,” in accordance with the Related Press.
“Even now, whereas behind bars, Mr. Peterson reveals no indicators of stopping,” reads the petition, which the AP obtained.
It experiences that the petition says jail logs from Lanez present he was utilizing third events — together with one particular blogger — to harass Stallion on-line by making false claims reminiscent of that the gun and bullet within the case are lacking.
Lanez’s legal professional wrote in a court docket submitting that the 2 had not been in direct contact, saying his shopper’s incarceration means there may be “now not any type of present or future risk” to Stallion.
A choose granted Stallion’s request in January for a restraining order by means of 2030.