Megan Thee Stallion asked a court on Tuesday to issue a restraining order against Tory Lanez, saying she has been harassing him from prison through a surrogate mother. he is serving a 10 year sentence For shooting her in the leg in Los Angeles in 2020.
The hip-hop star’s petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court asks a judge to prevent Canadian rapper Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) from using third parties to continue similar online harassment. I’m looking for it. meganwhose legal name is Megan Peet, which he engaged and encouraged before being imprisoned.
“Even now behind bars, Mr. Peterson shows no signs of stopping,” the petition reads. “Despite being sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting and killing Pete, Mr. Peterson continues to subject her to repeated trauma and re-victimization.”
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The Associated Press sent an email to Lane’s attorney seeking comment, but he did not immediately respond. A court hearing on the order is scheduled for January 9th.
Bloggers representing Lanez continue to cast doubt on Lanez’s claims, falsely claiming that the gun and bullet fragments from the incident were missing, according to the filing. come after pete The lawsuit was filed in October. against blogger Milagro Gramz, accusing Gramz of intentionally spreading false information on Lanez’s behalf.
The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Florida against Grams, a popular content creator legally known as Milagro Elizabeth Cooper. The complaint accuses Cooper of intentionally inflicting emotional distress on Pete by cyberstalking her, promoting and sharing deepfake porn of her, and questioning whether she had actually been shot.
Tuesday’s petition says protective orders issued to prevent past harassment are no longer in effect, calling it a loophole and flaw in the criminal justice system. Lanez is being held at a prison in rural Tehachapi, California.
In December 2022, Lanez was convicted of three felonies.: Assault with a semi-automatic gun. Possessing a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging the firearm with gross negligence.
The judge denied a motion for a new trial from Lanes’ attorney, who is appealing his conviction.
Last August, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, seemingly ending a three-year legal and cultural saga that left two careers and a life in turmoil.
Megan testified in court that in July 2020, after leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s home in the Hollywood Hills, Lanez fired a gun into the sole of her leg as she was walking away from her SUV. He testified that he yelled at her to dance. Riding. She revealed who fired the gun just a few months later.
The incident has sparked a firestorm in the hip-hop community, including black victims’ reluctance to speak to police, gender politics in hip-hop, online toxicity, protecting black women, and the impact of a particular brand of misogyny: misogynoir. This has stirred up problems such as: Black women’s experiences.
