Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot

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Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot

The Canadian rapper was found guilty of shooting the hip-hop superstar following a Los Angeles party July 12, 2020.

Aug. 8, 2023, 6:21 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 8, 2023, 7:28 PM EDT
By Alicia Victoria Lozano, Minyvonne Burke and Marlene Lenthang

LOS ANGELES — Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years after he was found guilty of shooting hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion in the foot after the pair left a Los Angeles party in 2020.

The hearing began Monday and wrapped Tuesday, ending a high-profile case that saw Megan, 28, subjected to what prosecutors called "repeated and grotesque attacks" and cast a spotlight on the scrutiny Black women face when reporting abuse.

Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, shot the three-time Grammy winner, whose legal name is Megan Pete, following a party at reality star and makeup mogul Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home July 12, 2020.

Lanez, 31, had pleaded not guilty, but a jury found him guilty of three felony charges in December: assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

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