Tory Lanez‘s conviction for shooting Megan Thee Stallion has been upheld after losing his appeal.
The Canadian rapper, who is currently serving a 10-year sentence over the 2020 incident, saw his appeal get rejected on Wednesday (November 12) by the appellate court, who found “no errors” in his conviction nor his sentence.
In their 46-page ruling, the judges concluded that the testimony was “more than sufficient to support the jury’s finding that [Tory Lanez] personally inflicted great bodily injury on [Megan Thee Stallion].”
Tory (real name Daystar Peterson) made a number of claims in his appeal, including that evidence was improperly admitted, prosecutors engaged in misconduct during the 2022 trial and the jury was improperly instructed.
He also argued that the court should have sentenced him to the low term instead of the middle term.
Tory was found guilty of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
The highly-publicized incident occured in July 2020 during a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home and resulted in Megan Thee Stallion being wounded in both feet.
According to Megan, she and Tory were arguing in the street when the Alone At Prom rapper told her to “dance, bitch” and fired a weapon, injuring her in the feet.
She claimed that Tory later offered her $1 million to not say anything about what happened.
Earlier this year, Megan Thee Stallion was granted a five-year restraining order against Lanez over allegations that he was harassing her online from prison through third parties.
