By Andrew Dalton | Related Press
LOS ANGELES — Megan Thee Stallion requested a court docket on Tuesday to difficulty a restraining order towards Tory Lanez, who she says is harassing her from jail via surrogates as he serves a 10-year sentence for taking pictures her within the ft.
The petition filed by the hip-hop star in Los Angeles Superior Court docket asks the choose to stop the Canadian rapper Lanez, whose authorized title is Daystar Peterson, from utilizing third events to proceed the identical on-line harassment of Megan, whose authorized title is Megan Pete, that he engaged in and inspired earlier than his imprisonment.
“Even now, while behind bars, Mr. Peterson shows no signs of stopping,” the petition says. “Despite being sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Ms. Pete, Mr. Peterson continues to to subject her to repeated trauma and revictimization.”
The petition says jail name logs from Lanez on the California Correctional Establishment in Tehachapi present that he’s coordinating assaults on Megan’s credibility.
The submitting says bloggers appearing on Lanez behalf proceed to solid doubt on her allegations, making false claims together with that the gun and bullet fragments within the case are lacking.
The petition says the protecting order issued to stop the earlier harassment is not in impact, which it calls a loophole and flaw within the prison justice system.
In December 2022, Lanez was convicted of three felonies: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a car and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
A choose rejected a movement for a brand new trial from Lanez’s attorneys, who’re interesting his conviction.
In August of final yr, he acquired the 10-year sentence, bringing what gave the impression to be a conclusion to a three-year authorized and cultural saga that noticed two careers, and lives, thrown into turmoil.
The petition says that one blogger particularly, Elizabeth Milagro Cooper, whom Megan is suing in a separate lawsuit, is appearing as Lanez “puppet and mouthpiece.” She alleges Cooper is spreading falsehoods on social media and YouTube, saying in a single video posted to X, “Can you even prove she was shot?” and calling her a “professional victim” in one other publish.
A earlier movement to dismiss Megan’s lawsuit mentioned it makes “dubious legal claims” and “irrelevant and impertinent allegations.”
The case created a firestorm within the hip-hop group, churning up points together with the reluctance of Black victims to talk to police, gender politics in hip-hop, on-line toxicity, defending Black girls and the ramifications of misogynoir, a specific model of misogyny Black girls expertise.
Megan Thee Stallion, now 29, was already a serious rising star on the time of the taking pictures, and her music’s reputation has soared since. She received a Grammy for finest new artist in 2021, and she or he had No. 1 singles with “Savage,” that includes Beyoncé, and as a visitor on Cardi B’s “WAP.”
Lanez, 32, started releasing mixtapes in 2009 and noticed a gentle rise in reputation, shifting on to main label albums. His final two reached the highest 10 on Billboard’s charts.
