Yesterday (December 17), Megan Thee Stallion filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom for a restraining order in opposition to Tory Lanez, experiences The Associated Press. She claims that Lanez—who shot her a number of occasions in 2020 and is at present serving a 10-year jail sentence after being discovered responsible of felony expenses of assault with a semiautomatic handgun, carrying a hid gun in a automobile, and discharging a firearm in a negligent method—has been harassing her from jail by way of third-party surrogates. A courtroom listening to in regards to the order is scheduled for January 9.
The Houston rapper’s petition claims jail name logs on the California Correctional Establishment in Tehachapi present that Lanez, born Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, has been coordinating assaults on Megan’s credibility. It factors to a number of bloggers allegedly appearing her on Lanez’s behalf to make false claims on-line in regards to the case, together with that the gun he used and bullet fragments are lacking.
“Even now, whereas behind bars, Mr. Peterson exhibits no indicators of stopping,” the petition reads. “Regardless of being sentenced to 10 years in jail for capturing Ms. Pete, Mr. Peterson continues to to topic her to repeated trauma and revictimization.” The petition additionally states that the protecting order initially issued to forestall any earlier harassment has since expired, and suggests it’s a loophole that exposes victims to additional difficulties.
After the three-year-long authorized battle in opposition to Lanez got here to an finish in 2023, Megan Thee Stallion wrote an op-ed in Elle detailing her ideas on his responsible verdict. “It was a victory for each lady who has ever been shamed, dismissed, and blamed for a violent crime dedicated in opposition to them,” she wrote. “As I replicate on the previous three years, I view myself as a survivor, as a result of I’ve actually survived the unimaginable. Not solely did I survive being shot by somebody I trusted and thought of a detailed buddy, however I overcame the general public humiliation of getting my identify and repute dragged by way of the mud by that particular person for the complete world to see.”
