JUST IN: Jurors in Tory Lanez trial have reached a verdict in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, earlier this month. Lanez faces a maximum sentence of 22 years in prison. He may also be deported to his home nation of Canada after serving his sentence.
“I couldn’t walk for a while,” she testified. “I still have nerve damage. I can’t really feel the side of my left foot. The back of my feet are always sore, but I just push through it.”identified Lanez as the shooterIn her testimony, Megan Thee Stallion said Lanez offered her $1 million to keep quiet about the shooting., prior to the trial, Megan Thee Stallion explained that she initially lied to police because she feared getting into a more dangerous situation.
Jurors also heard a taped interview with Megan Thee Stallion's former friend, Kelsey Harris, from September, in which she gave a detailed account of the altercation between the two rappers. “He’s shooting over the top of the door,” Harris told prosecutors. “ leaning over the front passenger door, and he was shooting the gun.”, with many Megan Thee Stallion fans criticizing public attention to the rapper's sexual history. Fans have called out the slut-shaming or victim-blaming being used to distract from the violence she was subjected to. On the day she took the stand, thousands online used the hashtag #WeStandWithMegan to rally behind her virtually.
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