Megan Thee Stallion

"Kelsey will tell you that she just saw her close friend get shot by the defendant," Los Angeles prosecutor Alexander Bott said in his opening statement at ...

“I want him to go under the jail.” Have you hated me this much the whole time and I didn’t see it?’” she said in her interview with Conteh. “We’ll never know” what such testing would have shown, “because the detective on this case refused to do it,” he said. “I feel shame, a little bit, because even after he shot me, I still was thinking about everybody else in the car,” she told Rolling Stone. “I thought everybody in the car was my friend, [and] the whole time, that’s not how they thought of me. Bott conceded Megan and Peterson had “been intimate” at some point before the shooting, but he suggested Peterson’s bruised ego was the motive, not anything linked to jealousy. But importantly, he told Justin he was the person who fired the gun,” Bott said. She was discharged from the hospital with both of her legs in bandages. On Monday, Mgdesyan said the alcohol-fueled fight started when Megan purportedly became “jealous” that Peterson was spending time with Jenner in the pool and didn’t want to leave her house. She was worried how police might respond if they knew there was a firearm in the vehicle. Harris allegedly complained, “Megan did the same thing to me when I was with DaBaby, another rapper, and when I was dating Ben Simmons, the NBA basketball player,” Mgdesyan told jurors. At the time, Megan already was rocketing to mainstream superstardom thanks to her viral hit “Savage” and its Grammy-winning remix with Beyoncé.

The rapper faces assault and gun charges over the much-dissected altercation from July 2020.

(Megan told Gayle King that she and Lanez haven’t had a sexual relationship.) In February, amid a spate of reports and legal developments in the case, Megan [posted](https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.68376/title.megan-thee-stallion-puts-death-threats-on-blast-amid-akademiks-tory-lanez-rift) a screenshot of a death threat she had received on social media. [claimed](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cip9v7Hujee/) on Instagram that the rapper assaulted him in Chicago. [reported](https://pagesix.com/2020/07/16/tory-lanez-allegedly-shot-megan-thee-stallion-sources-say/) the most explosive account: that Lanez had shot Megan in the foot amid an altercation that took place around an SUV. The trial is expected to last between five and seven days. Megan offered further details in an [interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtjzVI5bFao) with Gayle King, and wrote an [essay](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/opinion/megan-thee-stallion-black-women.html) for The New York Times focusing on how her experience fit into the broader context of violence against Black women. I want him to go under the jail,” Megan Continuing his statement, Mgdesyan claimed that Harris had been the one to discharge the gun after Lanez revealed in the car that he had a sexual relationship with Megan in addition to the one he had with Harris. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, his (According to Mgdesyan, Harris claimed that this meant Megan had crossed her for the third time in this way, after parallel romantic conflicts broke out over the rapper DaBaby and the NBA player Ben Simmons.) “I feel like you’ve already tried to break me enough. Bott went on to say that Megan will testify that Lanez shouted “Dance, bitch!” before shooting at her. In August 2020, Megan Thee Stallion addressed a story that had been circulating for the last month.

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez's assault trial, where he is accused of shooting rapper Megan Thee Stallion in her feet, begins Monday—here's a breakdown of what's ...

What to know](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-12/tory-lanez-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-case-begins) (Los Angeles Times) [attacked](https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/11/tory-lanez-alleged-attack-punch-prince-love-hip-hop-miami-club/) “Love and Hip Hop: Miami” star Prince Michael Harty in the face both in 2019 and 2020. The two settled in court earlier this month, according to documents obtained by [Radar Online](https://radaronline.com/p/tory-lanez-reaches-settlement-love-and-hip-hop-prince-assault-lawsuit-megan-thee-stallion/). Ryan Stogner testified that Megan claimed Lanez yelled “Dance, b**!” as he shot at her feet but later [apologized](https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/megan-thee-stallion-tory-lanez-apology-texts.html) and offered Megan money to stay quiet. in the Hollywood Hills during a traffic stop due to reports of gunfire following a [pleaded not guilty](https://heysocal.com/2022/01/13/tory-lanez-pleads-not-guilty-in-shooting-that-injured-megan-thee-stallion/) to the counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in the vehicle. [tweet](https://twitter.com/torylanez/status/1496564155255607299?s=20&t=66AdxNbpMAR6qYQbaLUmxw) speculated to be directed at Megan, Lanez said that you “can’t buy and tweet your way out of this one,” and in a second [tweet](https://twitter.com/torylanez/status/1496576915037167619?s=20&t=kv5G4a_jSxy-9WOM6Bzu-w) insinuated that he had sexual relations with both Megan and Harris, which is what he claimed he apologized for. [interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtjzVI5bFao) on “CBS Mornings” with host Gayle King, stating that she “was really scared” that she might die—in a later [interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFk8Y6FNm_I) with CBS News on April 26, King said that she believed Megan. [statement](https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/100820-Rap-Artist-Charged-With-Assault-of-Woman-in-Hollywood-Hills.pdf) stating that Lanez was arrested on charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm—personal use of a firearm—and carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in the vehicle. [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/19/megan-thee-stallion-shares-gruesome-pics-foot-shooting-injury-tory-lanez/) reposted, including a screenshot of the caption in which Megan addressed the rumors and claimed she was shot, saying she “got hit at the back of her feet because when I got shot I was WALKING AWAY FACING THE BACK.” [party](https://twitter.com/theestallionhq/status/1282208112720715782?s=20&t=N4mHmEKlHgeh_moikNApvg) at the home of Kylie Jenner, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tory-lanez-arrested-gun-charge-9417890/). [tweet](https://twitter.com/torylanez/status/1309228319099895809?s=46&t=E0ewtkMzivYISI-GMRPX0Q) in which he told fans that he was “sorry for [his] silence”—and on the song “Money Over Fallouts” he accused Megan of lying with the lyrics “How the f*** you get shot in your foot, don’t hit no bones or tendons.”

Supporters of Megan Thee Stallion are set to rally outside a courtroom in Los Angeles as the she prepares to testify about the in the trial of rapper Tory ...

"Personal use of a firearm" is not a separate charge but a sentencing enhancement linked to the first count that increases Lanez's possible sentence. "We are committed to spreading the message that violence is not the answer. We know the time is now to advocate for victims of violence, particularly violence against Black women." Peterson will be exonerated of all charges," Lanez's attorney, Sarkis Manukyan, told ABC News Tuesday. The Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by singer Harry Belafonte, is joining forces with women's advocacy groups and violence prevention organizations, including the Southern Black Girls and Women's Consortium, 2nd Call, Homies Unidos, Take Charge, Inc., COMMUNITYx, Inc. and TimeDon to voice their support for the "Savage" hitmaker as she is expected to recount the events that led to the alleged shooting.

Tory Lanez denies shooting the rapper as they left a pool party at Kylie Jenner's house in Hollywood.

Megan Thee Stallion then posted a video to Instagram Live in which she said "Tory shot me. You shot me and you got your publicist and your people... Tory Lanez told Megan Thee Stallion to "dance" as he shot at her feet during an argument, a jury has been told.

Tory Lanez, who is accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, told her to "dance" before he fired at her in the Hollywood Hills, a prosecutor said.

Mgdesyan said Megan Thee Stallion informed police that Lanez told her he was on probation and begged her not to say anything, but the attorney said his client was never convicted of any crimes for which he would have been on probation. "Even as a victim, I have been met with skepticism and judgment," she wrote. love to all my fans and people that have stayed true to me & know my heart ... Lanez, 30, remains out of custody on a $350,000 bond and walked into the courtroom while holding hands with his young son. You shot me and you got your publicist and your people are lying ... She left a trail of blood behind her before eventually getting back into the vehicle, which was subsequently stopped by Los Angeles police, Bott said.

"Dance, bitch — that's what the defendant said as he fired five rounds at the victim," Deputy DA Alexander Bott said of Tory Lanez in court on Monday.

In a call to Harris four hours after the initial incident, Lanez apologized "profusely," according to Bott. [pleaded not guilty](https://www.insider.com/tory-lanez-pleaded-not-guilty-shooting-charges-megan-thee-stallion-2022-1) to two felony assault charges — assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm, and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle — brought by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in October 2020. They got into an argument that night, Bott said, claiming Megan "insulted his skills as a musical artist." "Jealousy. Bott referenced texts Harris sent to Megan's bodyguard which read: "Help. [related to the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion](https://www.insider.com/megan-thee-stallion-tory-lanez-assault-trial-shooting-timeline-2022-11#october-2022-a-los-angeles-county-judge-placed-lanez-on-house-arrest-16) began Monday with attorneys playing audio of 911 calls from the chaotic night of the shooting, describing screams from a female victim, and showing footage of the "Savage" rapper sobbing in the ambulance afterward.

Megan Thee Stallion is expected to testify Tuesday in the trial of fellow rapper Tory Lanez. Lanez is accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion's feet after a ...

The two reportedly argued in a Cadillac Escalade about 4:30 a.m. Pete underwent surgery after she was allegedly shot by Peterson. In a packed downtown Los Angeles courtroom, Megan Thee Stallion said she could see Lanez holding the gun and pointing it at her and saw him shooting the gun "after he said, `Dance, bitch."

Megan Thee Stallion is expected to take the stand later today in the Tory Lanez trial.

And I never would’ve thought he would’ve shot at me at all.” However, this was later upped [to include](https://pitchfork.com/news/tory-lanez-gets-new-felony-charges-in-megan-thee-stallion-shooting/) charges for assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. Nonetheless, she’s become the target of misogynoir and vitriol online for pressing charges against Peterson. But importantly, he told Justin he was the person who fired the gun,” Bott said. Earlier this month, prosecutors added [another felony charge](https://pitchfork.com/news/tory-lanez-gets-new-felony-charge-in-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-case/) for discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner. [arrest](https://pitchfork.com/news/tory-lanez-arrested-on-concealed-firearm-charge/) in July 2020, he was charged on a concealed firearm charge. “I thought he knew me. Los Angeles County’s deputy district attorney Alexander Bott attests that it was Lanez (legal name Daystar Peterson) who shot Megan in the foot in July of 2020, following a verbal altercation in the car. I just feel horrible because I genuinely just got too drunk.” He pulled her by her hair, and he either punched her or slapped her.” “She didn’t know what the defendant was capable of, if he was going to continue his assault. Her defensive instincts kicked into gear, and she approached the defendant.

Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez are both in court after the "Savage" rapper accused Lanez of shooting her in the foot in July 2020.

After getting back in the car, Megan said Lanez promised her and Harris $1 million to keep quiet about the assault. to testify she saw Lanez fire the handgun that injured her foot in the summer of 2020. One of those fans, Michelle Walker, shouted a message of support to Megan as the rapper exited the courtroom at noon for a lunch break. The rapper added Lanez then told her she needed to "stop lying" to friend Kelsey Harris, who was also in the car, about their past sexual relationship. She said on the recording she had been drinking heavily, as others in the car had, and had been getting out of the car when she heard several shots. The pair went on to trade barbs over their respective music careers, Megan said, prompting her to ask to be let out of the vehicle. The interview with prosecutors from September was played after Harris said on the stand Wednesday that she did not see Lanez firing the gun that left her former friend and boss wounded. Harris was cordial in the recorded interview, in contrast to her evasive, at times combative time on the stand, and the prosecutors rarely had to prompt her. After conferring with her lawyer, Harris returned to the stand to invoke her Fifth Amendment right. While on the stand, she denied that she herself had fired the gun, but wouldn't say Lanez did. “They dragged her across the street, then got in the car and sped off.” Mgdesyan told the judge earlier in the day that Lanez would not testify.

Megan stepped into a DTLA courthouse Tuesday ... giving a thumbs up when asked how she was doing. The rapper was also asked if she's nervous about the trial, ...

As for Kelsey, Meg testified she never saw her with the gun. Prosecutors clearly say Tory pulled the trigger, while Tory's attorneys have laid out alternative theories, including pointing out some possible fighting between Kelsey and Meg that night. She claims Tory then said to her, "Don't say anything and I'll give you a million dollars" -- adding he was already on probation. Meg had a bunch of fans in her corner, too ... The rapper was also asked if she's nervous about the trial, but shakes her head at that one. According to Meg, as she started walking, she heard Tory say "dance bitch" ... Megan explicitly repeated that she saw Tory with the gun, and didn't see Kelsey Harris with it. 12:50 PM PT -- Megan Thee Stallion has taken the stand, giving an emotional testimony to the jury. Court is still in session and Megan is about to undergo cross-examination -- where Tory's defense team will get a chance to grill her about what she's testified to thus far. including the notion that she wishes she was dead instead of having to deal with this today. As terrifying as the actual ordeal was, she says, Megan described how the aftermath has been, perhaps, even more difficult ... "I wish he would've just killed me if I knew I'd have to go through this."

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion testifies in Los Angeles about a 2020 incident in which she accuses Tory Lanez of shooting her.

On the stand Tuesday, Pete constantly raised the idea that reporting Peterson had damaged her career. Prosecutors plan to call Harris to corroborate a text message she sent identifying Peterson as the shooter. Peterson’s defense attorney, George Mgdesyan, has said the case is about “jealousy” and suggested the fight in the car was between a highly intoxicated Pete and Harris. Harris supposedly met up with Peterson in the days after the shooting, which Pete took as a “betrayal.” The two have not spoken since 2020, Pete said. and entered the Hall of Justice. Mgdesyan also sought to undercut Pete’s description of the exact moment she was shot. Mgdesyan spent more than two hours cross-examining Pete on Tuesday, hunting for inconsistencies between statements she made to police and prosecutors and in an interview with Gayle King earlier this year. It remains unclear if Peterson will testify in the trial, which is expected to last about eight days. “When people talk about Megan Thee Stallion getting shot, all the headlines are Megan Thee Stallion is on trial and I’m not on trial!” Peterson called both women “bitches and hos,” Pete testified Tuesday, then the two began bickering over their musical careers. Pete said Tuesday that Peterson immediately promised each woman $1 million if they did not tell police about the incident. More recently, Drake hinted he didn’t believe Pete’s accusations against Peterson in the track “Circo Loco.”

Megan Thee Stallion took the stand on Tuesday and accused Tory Lanez of shooting her in her feet and then offering her $1 million to stay quiet.

“I want him to go to jail,” she added. “I want him to go under the jail.” On Monday, Mgdesyan said the alcohol-fueled fight started when Megan purportedly became “jealous” that Peterson was spending time with Jenner in the pool and didn’t want to leave her house. “We’ll never know” what such testing would have shown “because the detective on this case refused to do it,” he said “I literally turned like this, and I could see him with the gun.” Beyond that, “In the Black community, in my community, it’s not really acceptable to be cooperating with police officers.” She said when he finally agreed to leave so she and Harris could hitch a ride with his driver, he “had an attitude.” The ensuing ordeal led to a barrage of threats and harassment online, she said, and left her feeling like a “sick bird” that other members of her industry sought to avoid. “He was holding the gun, pointing it at me.” She said Peterson was referring to their sexual history together, which Harris didn’t know about at the time. Over more than three hours of harrowing testimony, Megan described her “terrified” reaction to the shooting in the predawn hours of July 12, 2020, and the fear and confusion that followed. “I don’t understand why that matters,” she said, shutting down defense suggestions that it was her former best-friend Kelsey Harris who shot her in a jealous rage.

I can't believe I have to come here and do this,” Megan said on the witness stand, holding back tears.

Defense attorneys for Lanez have so far focused on the lie she told at the scene and questioned the credibility of her testimony and other statements. Megan said she was only wearing a bikini and had gunshot wounds in both her feet when police arrived and told her to walk to them for questioning with her hands up. In her testimony on Tuesday, Megan said she turned her head when walking away from the car to see Lanez’s arm over the open window when he shot at her. After she got out, Lanez shot her three times, prosecutors said as his trial began on Monday. Later in her testimony, she broke down as she talked about the impact the incident had on her. The 27-year-old Grammy winner, whose full name is Megan Pete, offered emotional testimony on Tuesday after prosecutors called her to the witness stand.

The rapper told jurors Tuesday that everyone in the car “was shocked” when Tory Lanez shot her.

She admitted that she had lied to the media and investigators for years when she denied having an “intimate” relationship with Lanez. Lanez was seen leaving the courthouse shortly after Megan’s testimony carrying his son, Kai’Lon on his shoulders. I don’t feel safe with the police.” I don’t feel safe in the car. How can I share my body with somebody who could shoot me?” “It’s disgusting at this point. Despite claiming he didn’t fire a shot, Lanez was charged with three felonies that have had him on house arrest since October. She told jurors that a nasty argument with Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, broke out in an SUV, shortly after the duo had left a party hosted by Kylie Jenner in the Hollywood Hills. In the SUV, an argument erupted. Kelsey looked shocked.” He looked shocked. I don’t want to give them the power they’ve been taking from me going on three years.”

Megan Thee Stallion testified on Tuesday in the assault trial against Mr. Lanez. The case had previously played out on social media and in music released by ...

Mr. Experts testified that Mr. Harris and Megan Thee Stallion, and that it stemmed from Mr. Lanez’s bodyguard that night, writing, “Help” and “Tory shot Meg.” They also presented a text message in which Mr. “Hold him accountable for shooting the victim for nothing more than a bruised ego,” Mr. In an interview with CBS’s Gayle King this year, Megan Thee Stallion said that she and a friend had been driving with Mr. The defense has disputed that Mr. That year, the blockbuster song “WAP” — a viral collaboration with Cardi B — turned her into an even bigger star. “The prosecution doesn’t come close to proving the case,” he said. Megan Thee Stallion also testified about how the fallout from the encounter has made her depressed and hindered her career. On an album released in 2020, more than two months after the encounter, Mr. The case previously played out on social media and in music released by the rappers.

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion testified Tuesday that fellow hip-hop artist Tory Lanez shot her in the foot in the summer of 2020 following a Hollywood party.

As they drove away from the party, an argument escalated, she said, and she stepped out of the vehicle. Megan Thee Stallion said she told police she had injured her feet on glass when they asked why she was bleeding, according to the news agency. “I didn’t want them to kill any of us or shoot any of us. “I’m incredibly grateful to be alive and that I’m expected to make a full recovery, but it was important to me to clarify the details about that traumatic night.” “For some reason, I was just trying to protect all of us, because I didn’t want them to kill us. Clearly, I think that the people have added that because they’re afraid they may lose count one." “It’s not that I was protecting anybody. She also testified she didn't know Lanez had a gun that night, the news service reported. I believe once everybody’s heard parts and pieces of the case, once the whole case comes about, I think we’re confident the jury will find my client not guilty and he’ll be exonerated of all the charges," Mgdesyan said. So clearly, I think that the people see the weakness in their case, and they’re concerned that the first count, which is the assault, is an intentional act and count three is a negligent discharge, which is an accidental negligent discharge," he said. She testified that Lanez, 30, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, made the offer because he was on probation, according to CNS. ["assaulting a female friend."

Megan Thee Stallion finally got her day in court when she told a Los Angeles jury that Tory Lanez had shot her in the feet more than two years ago after a ...

Harris then claimed that she was “not truthful” during that interview with prosecutors to “protect” herself. After Ta asked Harris about her prior statement to prosecutors that Lanez was “aiming the gun straight but always in a downward direction toward Megan,” she claimed not to have witnessed the shooting. The prosecutor asked Harris whether she had previously told authorities that Lanez “threatened to shoot you.” Harris asked the judge if she had to respond, and when he said yes, she answered in the affirmative. After the shooting, they all drove away in the SUV, and Meg tried to slow the bleeding with towels that were in the back seat. Lanez called both Meg and Harris “bitches and hoes,” and the discussion turned into an argument about their careers in music, per the newspaper. I didn’t ask to be in this,” Harris was quoted as saying. “At the time, we are at the height of police brutality … Meg alleged that he turned around in the SUV and demanded that she “stop lying” about their relationship, the Times quoted her as saying. As she left the vehicle, Lanez allegedly fired five shots at her and shouted, “Dance, bitch!,” hitting her in the feet, the Times said. I can’t believe I have to come in here and do this,” Meg said shortly after taking the stand at [Lanez’s criminal trial](https://www.vulture.com/article/megan-thee-stallion-tory-lanez-trial-shooting-questions.html), [according to the Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-13/megan-thee-stallion-takes-the-stand-in-torey-lanez-trial). [Megan Thee Stallion](https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/megan-thee-stallion-profile-big-ole-freak.html) finally got her day in court on December 13, Kelsey Harris took the stand in Tory Lanez’s trial and backtracked on key details in her testimony. In the criminal trial, which began December 5, Lanez is charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm, and possession of a loaded and unregistered firearm in his vehicle.

Megan Thee Stallion took the witness stand for the first time against her alleged shooter, Tory Lanez, in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday.

Additonally, Mgdesyan says Kris Jenner’s boyfriend, Corey Gamble, was a witness to some of the party and would be called to testify. In the weeks following the alleged assault, Pete posted a video to Instagram in which she publicly accused Peterson of shooting her. The attorney has also repeatedly highlighted that his client’s DNA was not found on the weapon used in the attack — which many speculate will be used to place the blame on Harris. Mgdesyan told the jury that this was all sparked by Pete’s “jealousy” over Peterson and suggested the argument in the car was between a highly intoxicated Pete and Harris. She testified that she asked to be let out of the car twice. “I don’t have to turn all the way around. According to Pete, Peterson turned around and told her she needed “to stop lying” to Harris about their relationship. “I didn’t want her to know that I had dealt with him in any kind of way. Notably, Peterson does not specifically admit to firing a gun. According to authorities, Peterson, his bodyguard and Kelsey Harris, a former friend of Pete’s, and Pete herself were all in an SUV at the time of the assault. I already got caught with a gun before,’” she said. Pete said the confrontation became even more hostile once she and Peterson began insulting one another’s musical careers.