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Tory Lanez is set to serve his full 10-year prison sentence.
Lanez’s bid to reverse his 2022 felony convictions was denied this week when a California appellate panel upheld his 10-year prison sentence for the 2020 shooting of rapper Megan Thee Stallion. According to Rolling Stone, a three-judge panel of the California 2nd district Court of Appeals ruled on Nov. 12 that key decisions from the trial stood as valid, including the admission of testimony, prior statements, and social media evidence.
Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was originally convicted for three counts: assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded and unregistered gun in a vehicle, and gross negligence in discharging a firearm. During the appeal, his team argued procedural errors and bias, but the court found no grounds for reversal.
The ruling affirms the legal outcome of a case that was launched in July 2020, when Megan Thee Stallion suffered a gunshot wound to her foot after a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home. The incident, trial, and subsequent appeals became a focal point for discussions about violence in hop hop and the treatment of Black women in the legal system and media at large.
Megan told the jury, “I was shot, I’ve been turned into some kind of villain, and he’s the victim. This has messed up my whole life,” she said. At her lowest, she thought, “I wish he would have just shot and killed me (rather than) have to go through this torture.”
With the guilty verdict and the latest decision, Lanez’s options have shrunk. His legal team may still petition California’s Supreme Court, but the appellate pathway has been locked.
