SZA has defended artist Megan Thee Stallion after a congresswoman and Tory Lanez’s attorneys claimed that new evidence will be presented to prove his innocence.
The singer from Maplewood left a comment in an Instagram video posted by user @theluncheonlawyer, stating that the Canadian rapper/singer needed to tell the court about the new evidence rather than hold a press conference. “The density !!!!! I’m actually SO shocked at the amount of ppl fully comfortable bullying a woman that’s proven to be a victim of assault,” SZA wrote in defense of Meg. “Like out loud where other ppl can see you ?? Lmao u finna be stupid OUTLOUD ?”
Megan Thee Stallion also posted a spirited response to the harassment she’s experiencing from Tory Lanez supporters who’ve been calling her a liar on TikTok on Monday. “At what point are yall gonna stop making me have to re live being shot BY TORY,” she wrote. “At what point are Tory and yall FANS gonna stop lying ? Like how much is the check to keep harassing me?”
Lanez, 32, born Daystar Peterson, was sentenced Peterson to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallon in the foot in December 2022
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida’s 13th district called for Peterson to be freed in an X post on Monday and called on California Governor Gavin Newsom to issue a pardon. It was also stated that the new evidence would be released in 36 hours, which has not been done as of yet.
In that press conference held last week, Attorney for Peterson, Walter Roberts, a part of Los Angeles nonprofit social justice organization Unite the People, claimed that Kelsey Harris’ bodyguard, Bradley James, filed an affidavit claiming he overheard Harris admit to firing the weapon and not Lanez himself.
Megan Thee Stallion’s attorney, Alex Spiro, immediately refuted those claims in a statement saying, “Tory Lanez was tried and convicted by a jury of his peers and his case was properly adjudicated through the court system,” he said. “This is not a political matter — this is a case of a violent assault that was resolved in the court of law.”
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