LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Rapper Tory Lanez, who is serving 10 years in prison for shooting at the feet of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the Hollywood Hills, was stabbed by a fellow inmate Monday and hospitalized in unknown condition.
TMZ, citing unnamed sources, reported that Lanez was attacked in the yard of California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi and taken to a hospital in Bakersfield. It was unclear what motivated the attack, and the extent of Lanez’s injuries is unclear, although TMZ reported the wound was not believed to be life-threatening.
Lanez, 32, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was convicted in December 2022 of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. He was sentenced in 2023 to 10 years in prison.
Megan Thee Stallion testified during the trial that Lanez shot her during an argument on July 12, 2020, following a get-together at Kylie Jenner’s home. She claimed that Lanez told her to “dance,” then fired at her feet.
Last year, Megan Thee Stallion filed a request for a restraining order against Lanez, claiming he was orchestrating a harassment campaign against her from behind bars, conspiring with “bloggers” who post what she claims are defamatory statements about her on social media, questioning the veracity of her claims against Peterson and the evidence that was presented at his criminal trial.
A Los Angeles judge approved the restraining order request in January.
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