SZA Defends Megan Thee Stallion Against Tory Lanez Fans Calling for His Release
- SZA defended Megan Thee Stallion against renewed calls to release Tory Lanez, who was convicted of shooting Megan in 2020.
SZA took to the comments section on Wednesday to defend fellow artist, Megan Thee Stallion, amid renewed calls from fans to release Tory Lanez. Lanez was convicted of shooting Megan during a confrontation in 2020.
In an Instagram video posted by Alicia Luncheon, who goes by @theluncheonlawyer and whose bio states she is a criminal defense attorney, Luncheon criticized a recent press conference where Lanez's legal team claimed that there was new evidence in the case. Luncheon urged Lanez's lawyers to "tell the court," instead of pulling a media stunt, and reminded those watching that Lanez was "convicted and jailed by the State of California," not Megan.
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SZA echoed Luncheon's statements, backing up Megan in a comment posted on Wednesday: "The density !!!!! I'm actually SO shocked at the amount of ppl fully comfortable bullying a woman that's proven to be a victim of assault." The Grammy winner emphasized her incredulity: "Like out loud where other ppl can see you ?? Lmao u finna be stupid OUTLOUD ?"
Earlier this month, Lanez was hospitalized after being stabbed by another inmate at the California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi. During a news conference following the incident, his legal team claimed they have a new witness who has stepped forward to say that Megan's former best friend, Kelsey Harris, was the shooter.
In a statement previously sent to Rolling Stone , Megan's lawyer, Alex Spiro, dismissed the new witness claim. "Tory Lanez was tried and convicted by a jury of his peers and his case was properly adjudicated through the court system," said Spiro. "This is not a political matter — this is a case of a violent assault that was resolved in the court of law."
Lanez is serving a 10-year prison sentence after he was convicted in December 2022 of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in both feet on July 12, 2020. The chief resident of orthopedic surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center said doctors identified four metallic bullet fragments embedded in her feet and removed what they could during emergency surgery. A man who witnessed the shooting testified that he saw a "very agitated" man "firing everywhere."
In a TikTok post, Megan responded to the new evidence claims by Lanez's attorneys. "At what point are yall gonna stop making me have to re live being shot BY TORY !?," she wrote. "At what point are Tory and yall FANS gonna stop lying ?"
Megan directed his fans who continue to harass her to his conviction by a Los Angeles jury . "FACTS ARE FACTS , he did it , it was PROVEN IN COURT," she continued, "Ain't no new fucking evidence yall been saying the same shit for years TORY PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE you a fucking demon."
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