Megan Thee Stallion has described in emotional courtroom testimony her \u201cshock\u201d as fellow rapper Tory Lanez allegedly opened fire on her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe I have to come here and do this,\u201d she told a jury in Los Angeles .<\/p>\n
The Grammy-winning rapper said she was shot in the feet after leaving a pool party at Kylie Jenner\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Jurors heard she insulted the accused and demanded to be let out of a luxury car before he fired five rounds at her.<\/p>\n
The rapper, whose real name is Megan Pete, 27, testified that her alleged attacker became enraged after she disparaged his musical talent.<\/p>\n
She said the 30-year-old defendant, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, had told her to \u201cdance\u201d before opening fire in the incident in the Hollywood Hills on 12 July 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m in shock. I\u2019m scared. I hear the gun going off, and I can\u2019t believe he\u2019s shooting at me,\u201d she told the court on Tuesday, the second day of the trial, according to the\u00a0LA Times.<\/p>\n
Mr Peterson denies multiple gun and assault charges relating to a dispute with the Savage artist. If found guilty, he faces up to 23 years in prison.<\/p>\n The WAP rapper left a trail of blood at the scene, before getting back into the vehicle, which was stopped minutes later by police.<\/p>\n A gun that was still warm to the touch was found on the floor near where Mr Peterson had been sitting, prosecutor Alexander Bott said in his opening statement.<\/p>\n Megan Thee Stallion testified that the Canadian hip-hop artist had offered her $1m to keep quiet about the attack because he claimed to be on probation for a weapons offence.<\/p>\n She initially said to police that she had cut her feet on glass.<\/p>\n But she told the court she had lied because of concerns about how the police would react, especially amid nationwide racial justice unrest in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the time, we are at the height of police brutality,\u201d she testified, \u201cI felt like if I said this man has just shot me, they might shoot first and ask questions later.\u201d<\/p>\n Minutes after the shooting, a female friend who was in the car texted Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s security detail, saying: \u201cHelp\u2026 Tory shot meg.\u201d<\/p>\n Several bullet fragments were\u00a0removed\u00a0from her feet, but some remain and she told investigating officers that she had difficulty walking in certain shoes.<\/p>\n In a later phone call, Mr Peterson \u201cprofusely apologised for his actions\u201d and claimed he was \u201cjust too drunk\u201d, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n His lawyer, George Mgdesyan, said the jury needed to keep an open mind and he would prove the accusations were lies.<\/p>\n The trial continues.<\/p>\n DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Megan Thee Stallion has described in emotional courtroom testimony her \u201cshock\u201d as fellow rapper Tory Lanez allegedly opened fire on her. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I have to come here and do this,\u201d she told a jury in Los Angeles . The Grammy-winning rapper said she was shot in the feet after leaving a pool party […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17297,26210,2436,26211,23859,26212,17298],"class_list":["post-1264934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-lanez","tag-megan","tag-shot","tag-stallion","tag-testifies","tag-thee","tag-tory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Tory](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/_127516107_gettyimages-1428717480.jpg\" "\\"Megan")