Because the trial against Tory Lanez for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion within the foot continues, the Canadian rapper scored a victory in courtroom on Monday (December 19), avoiding extra fees for witness tampering. According to Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Deputy District Lawyer Kathy Ta tried to enter the brand new fees citing Tory’s alleged offer of $1 million to witness Kelsey Harris, however the fees had been rejected by Decide David Herriford on the grounds that the prosecution took too lengthy to request them. “I believe it’s unfair at this juncture,” he mentioned, “so I might deny that movement.”
In the meantime, Harris was characterised final week as a reluctant witness, prompting the choose to permit prosecutors to play her full witness assertion tape in courtroom after she claimed she didn’t keep in mind any of the statements and adjusted a few of her solutions — notably, ones concerning Tory’s alleged bribery try and threats towards her. Nonetheless, throughout her testimony, she did give two strong solutions — that Megan was certainly shot and that she didn’t hearth the weapon herself.
Lanez stays on the hook for fees of assault with a firearm inflicting nice bodily harm; concealing a loaded, unregistered firearm in a automobile; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. The latter was added as the trial began. All three are felonies and will lead to his deportation from the US; a conviction may additionally see him land in jail for nearly 23 years. In the meantime, one other witness, which Rolling Stone posits is Megan’s former bodyguard Justin Edison, went “lacking” forward of his anticipated testimony yesterday. The prosecution says that he heard Lanez confess to the taking pictures the day after at his residence; prosecutors got a further day to find him.
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