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A assemblage has decided Tory Lanez's destiny aft helium was accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion's feet successful July 2020.
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A verdict has been reached successful Megan Thee Stallion's legal case.
Rapper Tory Lanez was charged with three felony counts after helium was accused of shooting Megan's feet in 2020, per the Associated Press. The assemblage determined Dec. 23 that Lanez is guilty on the counts of discharging a firearm with gross negligence, battle with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm successful a vehicle.
"The assemblage got it right," Megan Thee Stallion's lawyer Alex Spiro told reporters aft the verdict. "I americium thankful determination is justness for Meg."
Lanez previously pled not blameworthy to each charges and dedicated an full medium to rebutting Megan Thee Stallion's mentation of events.
Lanez, 30, faces a maximum condemnation of 22 years successful situation if convicted connected each counts, according to TMZ.
Back successful July 2020, Megan said successful a statement that she was hospitalized owed to a shooting incident. "I suffered gunshot wounds, arsenic a effect of a transgression that was committed against maine and done with the volition to physically harm me," she said astatine the time. "I was ne'er arrested, the constabulary officers drove maine to the infirmary wherever I underwent country to region the bullets."
The "WAP" singer continued, "I'm incredibly grateful to beryllium live and that I'm expected to marque a afloat recovery... But it was important for maine to clarify the details astir this traumatic night. I'm presently focused connected my betterment truthful I tin instrumentality backmost to my beingness and backmost to making euphony arsenic soon arsenic possible."
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Lanez was arrested astatine 4:40 a.m. connected July 12 and released connected $35,000 bail soon after, E! News antecedently confirmed.
A fewer months later, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said successful a connection that Lanez was "charged with assaulting a pistillate friend" connected July 12.
"The suspect and the 25-year-old unfortunate got into an statement portion riding successful an SUV successful the Hollywood Hills," the connection said. "The unfortunate exited the conveyance and Peterson is accused of shooting respective times astatine her feet and wounding her."
Lanez's lawyer alleged successful tribunal successful December that the shots were really fired by one of Megan's friends and that Lanez tried to halt the shooting, according to the Associated Press.
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