Megan Thee Stallion on Tuesday asked a court to issue a restraining order against Tory Lanez, who she says has been harassing her from jail through surrogates. Since he is serving a 10 year sentence To shoot him in the foot in Los Angeles in 2020.
The lawsuit filed by the hip-hop star in Los Angeles Superior Court asks a judge to stop Canadian rapper Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, from using third parties to continue harassing him online. MeganWhose legal name is Megan Peet, he joined and encouraged her before her imprisonment.
“Even now, while behind bars, Mr. Peterson shows no signs of stopping,” the petition states. “Despite being sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Ms. Peet, Mr. Peterson has continued to subject her to repeated trauma and re-victimization.”
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An email from The Associated Press seeking comment from Lenz's lawyers was not immediately returned. The court hearing on the order is scheduled for January 9.
The filing said bloggers working on Lenz's behalf have been casting doubt on his allegations, falsely claiming that gun and bullet fragments are missing from the case. It also comes after Pete filed suit in October Blogger Milagro filed a lawsuit against Gramez, accusing Gramez of deliberately spreading misinformation on Lenz's behalf.
That lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Florida against Gramz, a popular content creator legally known as Milagro Elizabeth Cooper. The lawsuit accuses Cooper of intentionally harassing Pete emotionally by cyberstalking, promoting and sharing deepfake pornography of Pete, and questioning whether he was actually shot.
Tuesday's petition says a protective order issued to stop the past harassment is no longer in effect, citing what it calls a flaw and flaw in the criminal justice system. Lanez is being held at a California prison in rural Tehachapi.
In December 2022, Lenz was convicted of three felonies.: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; Possession of a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
A judge rejected a motion for a new trial from lawyers for Lenz, who are appealing his conviction.
In August last year, he received a 10-year sentence, concluding a three-year legal and cultural saga that left two careers and lives in turmoil.
Megan testified during the trial that in July 2020, after leaving a party at Kylie Jenner's Hollywood Hills home, Lanez pointed a gun at the back of her legs and yelled at her to dance as she drove away in an SUV. in which they were riding. He revealed only months later who had fired the gun.
The case caused a stir in the hip-hop community, highlighting the reluctance of black victims to talk to police, gender politics in hip-hop, online toxicity, the defense of black women, and the effects of a particular brand of misogyny, misogyny. Many issues started arising including. The experience of black women.