She said she had no doubt that Lanez fired the shots, and that he later offered her $1 million not to say anything. Jurors deliberated about seven hours before finding him guilty of the three felony counts.ĭuring the trial, Megan Thee Stallion testified that Lanez told her to “dance, bitch,” and shot her in the feet during a July 12, 2020, argument following a get-together at Kylie Jenner’s home. 23 shortly after the jury’s verdict was read. Lanez has remained behind bars since he was ordered to be taken into custody Dec. Gascón, I come to you today as a wrongfully convicted Black man, not asking for sympathy, nor compassion, but for you to simply do what is fair and right in the laws of California, and most importantly in the eyes of God,” he said in the recording, in which he cited the steps that Gascón has taken “in regards to fighting for the justice of Black and Brown minorities.”
In an audio recording that accompanied the Instagram post, Lanez alleged that he “was completely robbed and deprived of a fair trial” and that he watched prosecutors “unlawfully misuse their authority to hide and suppress any and all exculpatory evidence that exonerates me and furthers my innocence. “Today I take a stance as an innocent Black man, wrongfully convicted of a crime I did not commit,” Lanez said in the Instagram post addressed to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. In a posting on Instagram last month, Lanez insisted he was “wrongfully convicted” of shooting fellow entertainer Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in the Hollywood Hills in July 2020.
MOTION BACKGROUNDS LIGHT AND ENERGY TRIAL
The rapper’s defense during the 10-day trial in downtown Los Angeles “was a jumbled, bungled mess,” Baez said.īaez and Barhoma filed their motion for a new trial last month, arguing that certain evidence presented at trial and certain witness statements were prejudicial to their client, including an Instagram post and a photo of Lanez’s gun tattoo. “I think the court is boxing us in,” Baez complained.Īs for Lanez’s former trial attorney, George Mgdesyan, Baez said the lawyer did not have enough time to prepare for trial and ultimately “failed” Lanez.
Herriford repeatedly told Baez that a motions hearing was not an opportunity to “relitigate this case.”ĭefense attorneys Baez and co-counsel Matthew Barhoma took special issue with the judge’s refusal to allow the defense to put on witnesses and present exhibits to illustrate various points, something that would be unusual for such a proceeding in the state. Lanez is facing up to 22 years and eight months in prison.ĭuring an often contentious hours-long hearing Monday, Baez asked for frequent recesses and complained of the order in which the judge took up the defense claims of trial error.
“Motion denied.”Ī new sentencing date for the 30-year-old Canadian rap star, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, has not yet been set.
“The court finds no error, prosecutorial misconduct or newly discovered evidence,” Herriford said. Lanez current attorney, Jose Baez - who famously won an acquittal for Casey Anthony - argued Monday that procedural errors, prosecutorial misconduct, discovery violations and ineffective counsel led to his client’s conviction in December on one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.īut back in court on Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford denied the motion for a new trial. A Los Angeles judge Tuesday rejected a bid for a new trial for jailed rapper Tory Lanez, who was convicted of shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet three years ago in the Hollywood Hills.
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