The sentencing, which was scheduled for Monday, April 10, is pushed back next week as the Canadian rapper's legal team tries to get him a new trial after he was convicted of shooting the Texas raptress.
- Apr 11, 2023
AceShowbiz - Sentencing for Tory Lanez in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion has been delayed again. The sentencing was scheduled for Monday, April 10, but it has been pushed back next week following his legal team's appeal in the case.
The sentencing, which was originally scheduled for January, has been rescheduled multiple times. Tory has hired new attorneys since his conviction and in late March, he filed an appeal in the case asking for a new trial.
On Monday, his defense team said in court that they wanted to raise new issues. The sentencing was thus pushed back again as his attorneys asked for more time to supplement the previous filing. A hearing on Tory's motion for a new trial has since been rescheduled to next Monday, April 17 at his legal team's request.
In December 2022, Tory was found guilty of shooting Megan in the back of her feet following a verbal altercation after a party at Kylie Jenner's house in July 2020. He was charged with one felony count each of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. He was also convicted of an additional felony count of discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
In late March, his attorney filed an appeal, claiming prosecutors tried to dirty him up with "irrelevant evidence." His attorney said in legal documents obtained by TMZ that it was a "reversible error" for prosecutors to threaten to present the "Jerry Sprunger" emcee's rap lyrics to the jury.
Additionally, the lawyer pointed out that he believes it was wrong for the jury to have heard an 80-minute interview prosecutors had with Megan's former BFF, Kelsey Harris, who was in the vehicle with both rappers the night of the shooting. Kelsey's interview was hurtful to the case even though she later recanted most of what she said.
Tory is facing up to 22 years and eight months in prison if he's given the maximum sentence on each charge. There's also a "strong likelihood" that he will be deported back to Canada following time served.
