UPDATE (Could 14):
Megan Thee Stallion’s legal professional, Alex Spiro, has launched the next assertion to XXL about Tory Lanez’s attorneys now claiming to have proof that proves Megan was shot by Kelsey Harris: “Tory Lanez was tried and convicted by a jury of his friends and his case was correctly adjudicated by the court docket system. This isn’t a political matter—it is a case of a violent assault that was resolved within the court docket of regulation.”
ORIGINAL STORY (Could 14):
Tory Lanez’s attorneys declare Kelsey Harris’ bodyguard has come ahead and revealed he heard Kelsey admit to taking pictures Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.
Bodyguard Makes Bombshell Declare
On Wednesday (Could 14), Lanez’s authorized crew, Unite the Folks, hosted a press convention on the Intercontinental Lodge in Los Angeles to disclose a bombshell replace within the rapper’s case. In response to Tory’s legal professionals, Kelsey Harris’ bodyguard, Bradley James, who labored for her throughout the Tory Lanez trial, now admits listening to Kelsey reveal throughout a telephone name that she pulled the set off and shot Megan on July 12, 2020. In response to James, Tory solely tried to knock the gun out of Kelsey’s hand after she fired three photographs at Megan, Tory’s lawyer revealed. The gun then went off two extra instances after it hit the bottom.
“This additional iterates Mr. Peterson didn’t shoot Ms. Pete, didn’t shoot at Ms. Pete and didn’t assault Ms. Pete.” United The Folks guide Water Roberts instructed the assembled press beneath.
James claims he’s now coming ahead as a result of his conscience would not let him permit an harmless man to take a seat in jail.
In gentle of the brand new proof, UTP is asking for Tory’s sentence to be commuted or he be pardoned as soon as he’s launched from the hospital, the place he has been recovering after being stabbed 14 instances in jail on Monday (Could 12).
XXL has reached out to Kelsey Harris’ legal professional and Megan Thee Stallion’s crew for remark.
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The Megan Thee Stallion Taking pictures and Trial
In October of 2020, Tory Lanez was charged with felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm in connection to Megan Thee Stallion being shot in Los Angeles in July of 2020. In response to Megan and the police, the trio obtained into an argument in an SUV after leaving a celebration at Kylie Jenner’s home. The ensuing kerfuffle resulted in Tory pulling out a gun and taking pictures Megan within the foot.
In the course of the trial, Megan testified that Tory shot her within the foot after yelling, “Dance, b***h.” Regardless of being given immunity throughout the trial and beforehand admitting that Tory threatened her with a gun earlier than the taking pictures, Kelsey refused to reply questions on Tory on the stand. Tory didn’t testify throughout the trial. Tory was discovered responsible in December of 2022 and sentenced to 10 years. Nonetheless, he has maintained his innocence and made a number of makes an attempt to enchantment the ruling.
Final March, Kelsey did her first interview for the reason that trial, the place she claimed there’s a video that will clear her identify of the hypothesis that she was the shooter.
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Try Tory Lanez’s attorneys’ press convention beneath.
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