Megan Thee Stallion testifies Tory Lanez shot at her feet and told her to dance
The testimony came on the second day of the trial of the Canadian rapper.
Megan Thee Stallion has told jurors that rapper Tory Lanez fired five shots at her feet, yelled at her to dance and wounded her as she tried to walk away from him in the Hollywood Hills more than two years ago.
“I’m in shock. I’m scared,” the Grammy-winning hip-hop superstar testified on Tuesday, according to The Los Angeles Times.
“I hear the gun going off, and I can’t believe he’s shooting at me.”
With supporters gathered both outside the courthouse and in the courtroom hallway, Megan walked into the courtroom wearing a purple suit with heavy security late on Tuesday morning.
“I just don’t feel good,” the 27-year-old said at the beginning of questioning from deputy district attorney Kathy Ta.
“I can’t believe I have to come in here and do this.”
Megan said she and Lanez had become close, bonding over the loss of their mothers, and had an occasionally sexual relationship.
Her friend Harris, who had a “crush” on Lanez, tried to stir up trouble between the women by telling Megan she needed to stop lying to her friend.
The argument spiraled out of control, and became even more heated when she and Lanez started trashing each other’s music and careers, Megan said.
“I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way,” she said. “He kept yelling and cursing.”
At one point, he yelled “Dance, bitch!” she testified.
“I looked down at my feet, and I see all the blood,” she said.
“Now everybody’s screaming. He looked shocked. Kelsey looked shocked.”
Lanez’s attorney George Mgdesyan said in his opening statement that her injury showed she could not have gotten a clear look at the shooter behind her, and that he would present more evidence that countered her story during the trial.
Lanez, sitting at the defence table in a tan suit and turtleneck, took notes as she spoke.
“This is my support system and I’m his too,” he told reporters.
Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, could get more than 22 years in prison if convicted on all counts. He could also be deported to his native Canada.
Lanez has had a successful run of mixtapes and major-label records since his career began in 2009, with his last two albums reaching the top 10 on Billboard’s charts.
Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pete, was already a major up-and-coming star at the time of the incident, and her career has skyrocketed since.
She won a Grammy for best new artist in 2021, and had number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with her own song Savage featuring Beyoncé and as a guest on Cardi B’s WAP.
