Megan Thee Stallion took the witness stand in a Los Angeles courtroom, where the hip-hop star recounted the events that led up to the night when she was allegedly shot and injured by rapper Tory Lanez in the Hollywood Hills.
The Grammy-winning artist, whose legal name is Megan Pete, testified that on the night of July 12, 2020, she got out of a car following an argument with Lanez and as she walked away, she turned her head and saw him with a gun, according to a reporter with Los Angeles"He was holding the gun pointing at me," she said, according to KABC, and claimed that he said "dance b----" and fired his gun, injuring both her feet.
Lanez's attorneys did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment following Megan's testimony.According to prosecutors, Lanez "personally inflicted great bodily injury" upon Megan after the two got into an argument while riding in an SUV in the Hollywood Hills, resulting in an injury in both her feet for which she received medical treatment.
If he is convicted as charged, he faces up to 22 years and 8 months in prison, according to prosecutors.In the defense's opening statement on Monday, attorneys for Lanez claimed that this is a case of "jealousy." "I still have nerve damage," Megan said on the stand according to KABC, describing the surgery she had in her feet.
Tory Lanez attends Rolling Stone Live Big Game Experience at Academy LA on February 13, 2022 in Los Angeles.Megan testified on Tuesday that when police arrived at the scene she did not reveal that she had been shot or that there was a gun in the car because she feared the police would have a violent response.
She also described her fear of police when she first named Lanez as her alleged shooter in an Instagram Live video on Aug. 21, 2022."Yes...Tory shot me. You shot me and you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying," she added. "Stop lying. Why lie? I don't understand."Before he was charged, Lanez denied shooting Megan in a lyric on his album, "Daystar," released on Sept. 25, 2020.
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