A jury convicted rapper Tory Lanez on all counts in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, an incident that left her with gunshot wounds in her feet and prompted online hate and attacks on her credibility from his supporters that she described in emotional testimony.
Lanez, 30, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty Friday of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
Lanez had pleaded not guilty to all three charges, which carry a combined sentence of up to 22 years in prison.
The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for roughly one and a half days before reaching the verdict. Chaos erupted as the verdict was read, according to reporters inside the courtroom. Lanez’s father and stepmother stood up and yelled in protest.
Lanez was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
“The jury got it right,” Megan’s lawyer Alex Spiro told BuzzFeed News in an email. “I am thankful there is justice for Meg.”
According to prosecutors, Lanez and Megan got into an argument after she criticized his “musical skills” after leaving a pool party thrown by Kylie Jenner in the Hollywood Hills on July 12, 2020. Megan asked to be let out of the SUV they were riding in. After she got out, Lanez shot her feet three times, injuring her, prosecutors said.