Tory Lanez’s authorized group referred to as on Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon the rapper or commute his sentence days after he was stabbed in jail this week, whereas additional claiming to have new proof within the rapper’s case over the capturing of Megan Thee Stallion.
Lanez, whose actual identify is Daystar Peterson, is at the moment serving a 10-year sentence after he was convicted on three firearm prices over the 2020 capturing, which left Meg, whose actual identify is Megan Mete, wounded with bullet fragments in her ft. Mete informed the court docket that Peterson had shouted “dance, bitch” earlier than capturing her. Peterson pleaded not responsible within the trial and is interesting the sentence.
Throughout a press convention held by Peterson’s authorized group, Unite The Individuals, in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, the rapper’s father, Sunstar Peterson, stated his son was airlifted to a hospital Monday to deal with his accidents, however that he’s therapeutic “remarkably nicely” following the “unprovoked assault.”
The California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed Peterson was stabbed on Monday morning at 7:20 a.m., additional stating that authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. Peterson’s reps stated he was stabbed 14 instances, together with seven wounds to the again, 4 to his torso and two to the again of his head, and that each his lungs had collapsed. Sunstar Peterson stated on Wednesday that Peterson was additionally stabbed beneath his left cheekbone and that “his jaw was open.” Peterson is respiration on his personal once more, Sunstar Peterson stated.
Peterson’s reps stated Newsom ought to get Peterson launched citing the stabbing, noting that “if he’s not “pardoned and launched promptly, he might by no means get out.” Sunstar Peterson referred to as upon each Newsom and President Trump to take motion throughout his speech. Unite The Individuals stated it hadn’t contacted the Governor’s workplace past making the decision throughout Wednesday’s press convention.
Apart from the well being replace, each Sunstar Peterson and different representatives for Peterson had repeatedly said that the rapper “was by no means given a good trial,” and claimed that prosecutors manipulated proof to achieve a conviction, particularly calling out former LA County District Lawyer George Gascon.
His group claimed to have obtained new proof, with Walter Roberts — who Unite The Individuals CEO Caesar McDowell stated was the group’s lead advisor — stating {that a} man named Bradley James had approached the group “a couple of months in the past” claiming to be the bodyguard of Pete’s former good friend Kelsey Harris in the course of the trial. Harris was within the automobile with Peterson and Pete in the course of the incident.
Roberts claimed that the bodyguard had heard a dialog by which Harris stated that she fired the gun whereas Peterson knocked the gun down. James was not among the many audio system on the press convention Wednesday. Roberts stated the group hasn’t gone to present D.A. Nathan Hochman’s workplace concerning the claims but.
Pete’s legal professional Alex Spiro disputed Peterson’s group’s new claims in a press release to THR.
“Tory Lanez was tried and convicted by a jury of his friends and his case was correctly adjudicated by way of the court docket system,” Spiro stated. “This isn’t a political matter — it is a case of a violent assault that was resolved within the court docket of regulation.”