A jury has convicted rapper Tory Lanez, of assault for shooting and wounding hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet.
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Megan Thee Stallion, 27, whose legal name is Megan Pete, testified that Lanez fired a handgun at the back of her feet and shouted for her to dance.
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As she walked away from an SUV in which they had been riding in the Hollywood Hills in the summer of 2020. Megan needed surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet.
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Prosecutors allege the shooting happened shortly after both artists left a party in July 2020 at the Hollywood Hills home of Kylie Jenner.
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The gunshots prompted a slew of 911 calls, and Los Angeles police officers eventually pulled over the SUV near Hollywood Boulevard and found Pete with a foot injury.
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Three felony counts were brought against Tory Lanez: discharging a firearm with gross negligence, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle.
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The counts could lead to up to 22 years in prison and deportation for the rapper, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson.
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Tory Lanez's lawyer alleged in his closing that the shots were actually fired by Megan's then-best-friend Kelsey Harris in a jealous fight over Lanez, who tried to stop the shooting.
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The attorney, George Mgdesyan, alleges Megan created a more sympathetic narrative by pinning the shooting on Lanez.
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Harris denied being the shooter and previously identified Lanez as the one holding the gun. Her attorney, in an email, declined to comment on her involvement.
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