In her testimony on Tuesday, Megan stated she turned her head when strolling away from the automotive to see Lanez’s arm over the open window when he shot at her. She recalled listening to screaming, she stated, and he or she fell to the bottom and tried to crawl into the driveway.
Megan stated she was solely sporting a bikini and had gunshot wounds in each her ft when police arrived and instructed her to stroll to them for questioning together with her palms up. Initially, she instructed police she had stepped on glass — a lie she stated she instructed due to her worry of police brutality, simply weeks after then–Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd.
“I didn’t really feel protected within the automotive. I knew I simply had bought shot however I don’t really feel protected with police both,” Megan stated. “I didn’t wish to see anyone die,” she added.
Protection attorneys for Lanez have thus far centered on the lie she instructed on the scene and questioned the credibility of her testimony and different statements. They stated she additionally lied when she stated she didn’t have a sexual relationship with Lanez whereas talking with CBS’s Gayle King. Because the protection questioned her on Tuesday, in addition they tried to attract consideration to the logistics of the alleged capturing, together with how Lanez might fireplace a gun at her whereas he was contained in the automotive.
Megan defined repeatedly that Lanez was partially inside and out of doors the automotive after she exited, and he or she then turned her head again to see him yell, “Dance, bitch” at her earlier than he opened fireplace.
Prosecutors confirmed the courtroom footage of her within the ambulance, handcuffed to a gurney, within the moments after they stated she was shot. Megan, nonetheless on the stand, appeared to grow to be emotional, blowing her nostril right into a tissue.
She stated she by no means noticed Kelsey Nicole, then her private assistant and buddy, holding the gun. Prosecutors stated Monday that Lanez and Nicole examined constructive for gunshot residue, the chemical compounds launched when a gun is fired.
Outdoors the Clara Shortridge Foltz Felony Justice Middle in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, folks turned out to assist Megan and Lanez.
