(LOS ANGELES) — Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and injuring hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020. Lanez, 31, who was convicted on Dec. 23, 2022 for shooting and injuring the hip-hop star, whose legal name […]
Raina Chassagne, Kai s mother and Lanez s baby mama, was overcome with emotion after the rapper s 10-year sentencing on Tuesday. She was consoled by friends outside court.
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Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday after he was convicted of felony assault for shooting and injuring hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020.
Lanez, 31, who was convicted on Dec. 23, 2022 for shooting and injuring the hip-hop star, whose legal name is Megan Pete, was initially set to be sentenced in January but the sentencing had been delayed several times after Lanez obtained new attorneys and filed a motion for a new trial. The request for a new trial was denied in May.
Jose Baez, Lanez s attorney, told reporters outside the courtroom on Tuesday afternoon that the sentence was "extreme" and the rapper s legal team plans to appeal.
"Tory did not get the sentence that we had certainly hoped for," Baez said. "I think the sentence that was handed down was incredibly harsh."
"This is another example of someone being punished for the