Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
of being behind her injuriesShe was left wounded after the shooting and needed to undergo surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet.
Lanez was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon in an SUV and pleaded not guilty to an assault charge.A judge has now sentenced the star, real name Daystar Peterson, to a decade behind bars. Peterson was due to be sentenced earlier this year, following several delays, but the hearing was pushed back when his attorneys filed a motion for a new trial – a move that the judge denied last month.Appearing in court, the Savage rapper – real name Megan Pete – became emotional as she recalled the shooting, telling the jury thatShe also slammed the reaction of many in the music industry, and the focus on her personal life instead of her injuries.
‘I try to be strong. I don’t like to look weak. I don’t want to give them the power that they’ve taken from me for the last three years. ‘Not a day goes by without being called a liar. This whole thing is about who I was having sex with, not who shot me, and I don’t know why.’
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