Megan Thee Stallion wins restraining order against Tory Lanez after tearful testimony: “He’ll shoot me again and maybe this time I won’t make it”

Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a five-year restraining order against Tory Lanez.

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The rapper was granted the order after she fought back tears in court via livestream video conference, and said she feared she may be shot again if Lanez was released from prison.

Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022 for an incident that happened in July 2020, when Megan was shot in her feet while leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s house.

In recent months, Megan has alleged that Lanez was harassing her from prison through third-party surrogates. A petition alleged that prison call logs at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi show that Lanez has been coordinating attacks on her credibility.

Speaking in a Los Angeles court now, she argued that she has not “been at peace since I was shot” and is “just tired of being harassed” (via Billboard).

She added: “It just seems like I have to relive it every day. The person who shot me won’t let me forget it. I’m scared that when he gets out of jail he’s going to still be upset with me … I feel like maybe he’ll shoot me again and maybe this time I won’t make it.”

Judge Richard Bloom granted her a civil restraining order that will bar Lanez from any harassing conduct for the next five years.

Passing judgement, he said that Megan had shown a “credible threat of violence” and other potential wrongdoing that “seriously harasses the petitioner and serves no lawful purpose.” The order bars a wide range of conduct, including any contact or harassment through any means.

He added: “We have a shooting that took place … and with a violent act like that there’s a ripple effect that continues on. In some cases, it may be small ripples that go away with time, and in other cases, it could be ripples that grow with time. Ms. Pete’s testimony here seems to make clear that the ripple effect here has been significant.”

Earlier, the court heard that Lanez’s attorney Michael Hayden argued that his client was “not threatening the petitioner in any way.” Instead, he argued that Megan was simply upset about criticism from internet bloggers with “their own independent minds” who Lanez cannot control – and he warned that such a restraining order would violate the First Amendment.

Megan refuted the claim, saying she was “not trying to take anyone’s free speech away” but rather to stop Lanez from continuing to drive harmful harassment from behind the scenes.

“I understand that being a public figure comes with hearing a lot of people from all over the world talk about you,” she told the judge. “The problem that I have is that the man that shot me is orchestrating other people and paying people  … to put out lies and smear campaigns against me.”

Lanez was previously found guilty of all three charges pegged against him: one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm; one count of carrying a concealed, loaded, and unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and one charge of discharging a firearm with gross negligence. The rapper-singer has maintained his innocence from behind bars and was granted a chance to appeal the judgement last July.

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