Tory Lanez denies all costs following a 10-year jail sentence: “I’ve all the time maintained my innocence, and I all the time will.”
Tory Lanez, whose actual identify is Daystar Peterson, is denying all costs following the 10-year jail sentence he acquired for capturing Megan Thee Stallion, whose actual identify is Megan Pete, within the toes after a Los Angeles social gathering at Kylie Jenner’s home in July of 2020 — regardless of taking duty earlier than the sentencing.
“I’ve by no means let a tough time intimidate me; I’ll by no means by no means let no jail time get rid of me,” writes Lanez on Instagram in a submit addressed to his fanbase, the Umbrellas. “No matter how they attempt to spin my phrases, I’ve all the time maintained my innocence, and I all the time will.”
“This week in courtroom, I took duty for all verbal and intimate moments that I shared with the events concerned… That’s it,” he clarifies. “Under no circumstances, form, or kind was I apologizing for the costs I’m being wrongfully convicted of. I stay on the stance that I refuse to apologize for one thing that I didn’t do.”
Lanez pleaded not responsible to assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded and unregistered gun in a car, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. Nonetheless, a jury convicted him in December. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
“The whole lot I did that evening, I take full duty. I really am simply attempting to be a greater individual,” stated Lanez, addressing the courtroom earlier than receiving his sentence, saying he took full duty for the capturing and that “if I might change it, I’d, however I can’t.”
However his Instagram submit on Thursday tells a special story. The rapper stated he would proceed to combat till “I come out victorious,” thanking associates, household, and followers for his or her continued help; Lanez and his authorized workforce plan to attraction the sentence and conviction.
Megan testified throughout the trial that Lanez shouted for her to bop as he fired a gun towards her toes whereas they walked away from an SUV they rode in collectively from a pool social gathering at Kylie Jenner’s home in Los Angeles. Initially, Megan advised police she had lower her toes on glass as a result of she didn’t wish to reveal who had fired the gun and that there had been a gun within the automotive.
Megan Thee Stallion, who references the capturing incident in her track “Pictures Fired,” testified that she nonetheless has nerve harm and “can’t actually really feel” the again of her left foot.