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    Jurors weigh Tory Lanez’s fate in Megan Thee Stallion shooting case

    LOS ANGELES —There’s no question that someone shot Megan Thee Stallion in the Hollywood Hills in 2020. Prosecutors have pointed the finger at Canadian hip-hop star Tory Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson. They say the rapper was drunk and furious with the “Savage” hit-maker, whose real name is Megan Pete, after she insulted his career in a raucous argument inside an SUV. But during a ...
    by James Queally and Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times Dec 22, 2022 5 minutes
    Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pete, arrives at court Dec. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles to testify in the trial of Rapper Tory Lanez for allegedly shooting her.

    LOS ANGELES —There’s no question that someone shot Megan Thee Stallion in the Hollywood Hills in 2020.

    Prosecutors have pointed the finger at Canadian hip-hop star Tory Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson. They say the rapper was drunk and furious with the “Savage” hit-maker, whose real name is Megan Pete, after she insulted his career in a raucous argument inside an SUV.

    But during a contentious nine-day trial that has been replete with allegations of witness tampering, Peterson’s team has tried to shift the blame toward Pete’s estranged best friend, Kelsey Harris. Lead defense attorney George Mgdesyan has contended the case was about a romantic tryst rather than a rivalry between rappers, claiming Harris exploded following an alcohol-fueled revelation that both women had been sleeping with Peterson.

    Jurors will now have to choose between those stories as

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