Megan Thee Stallion opened up about the way her life has drastically changed after Tory Lanez shot her in both feet during an altercation in the summer of 2020.
The Houston rapper did not appear at the hearing for the Canadian rapper’s sentencing, but prosecutors read a pre-written statement in the courthouse on Monday detailing her trauma.
“I struggle with being present. After everything that occurred I cannot bring myself back to being in the same room with Tory,” she wrote in the statement read by Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta. “I’ve been tormented and terrorized. He paid bloggers to disseminate false information, he treated my trauma like a joke when I could’ve been dead,” she continued. “He blamed the system, he blamed the press, and as of late he is using his childhood trauma to justify his actions.”
Lanez was found guilty of shooting Thee Stallion (real name Megan Pete) in her feet in July 2020 as they left a party at the home of reality star Kylie Jenner.
Lanez was facing 22 years and eight months in prison but was sentenced to 10 years due to a recently passed California law requiring courts to impose the middle length of a potential prison term unless there are aggravating circumstances. Lanez has vowed to appeal the sentence. The rapper is still facing potential deportation back to his home country.
“Slowly but surely, I’m healing. But I’ll never be the same. His crime warrants the full weight of the law,” the Grammy Award-winning artist added.
