Jury commences deliberations in trial of Tory Lanez who is accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion

Jury deliberations have started in the demo of Tory Lanez who faces up to 18 decades in jail if observed responsible of taking pictures his former lover and fellow hip hop star, Megan Thee Stallion.

Judge David Herriford despatched the panel of seven women of all ages and five gentlemen to the jury space shortly following the prosecution and defense wrapped up their closing arguments on Thursday afternoon. 

The jury is now established to make your mind up Lanez’s fate and will need to occur to a unanimous conclusion in order to get to a guilty verdict on any of the three costs he is going through. 

Lanez, who wore a pink suit and white turtleneck sweater, arrived at felony courtroom in downtown Los Angeles with his five-12 months-previous son Kai, who was viewed attending proceedings with his dad before in the demo. 

The 30 calendar year-old singer has pleaded not responsible to three felony charges which include assaulting Megan with a semiautomatic firearm, carrying a concealed gun in a auto and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

Lanez, who wore a pink match and white turtleneck sweater, arrived at legal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles with his 5-year-old son Kai, who was noticed attending proceedings with his father earlier in the trial

Megan Thee Stallion shared images of the accidents she sustained on her foot soon after Tory Lanez allegedly shot her

He faces up to 18 several years in prison if convicted of all three felonies, plus feasible deportation from the United States. 

The assault carries a penalty of up to 9 decades in jail the firing with gross negligence charge up to a few yrs, and the hid gun depend up to 3 many years.

But if the jury also finds that Lanez prompted ‘great bodily injury’ – Megan experienced a few bullet fragments surgically taken off from her ft – both of those felonies carry enhanced penalties that could increase up to 6 years to his sentence on each and every of the assault and firing with gross carelessness fees.

In her testimony last week, Megan, 27, informed the jury that the incident took location just after she and Lanez had attended a pool bash at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills residence on July 12, 2020. 

She mentioned the two ended up leaving in his SUV with Megan’s assistant and most effective friend, Kelsey Harris, when an argument erupted and she requested his driver, Jaquan Smith, to pull in excess of. 

Megan, whose true title is Megan Pete, reported when she got out of the motor vehicle Lanez allegedly shouted, ‘Dance b***h’, and fired many photographs at her, injuring her toes so critically that she required surgical treatment.

She also testified that Lanez presented her and Harris a million pounds to retain quiet about the taking pictures.

Lanez – who is no cost on $350,000 bail – later on apologized to her, stating he was drunk at the time of the shooting.

His protection team has been pushing the principle that it was not Lanez but Harris who fired the gun in a in shape of jealousy and anger at Megan when she discovered out the singer had ‘backstabbed’ her by sleeping with Lanez, whom Kelsey had also been concerned with.

Online video footage showed the times soon after the July 12, 2020 taking pictures, with Lanez and Thee Stallion, and a third human being lying on the floor as authorities get there

The defense has been pushing the idea that it wasn’t Lanez but Megan’s assistant and friend Kelsey Harris (pictured arriving at court on December 15) who fired the gun in a in shape of jealousy and anger at Megan

Lanez’s attorney George Mgdesyan – who has branded Megan a ‘liar,’ accused the prosecution of ‘trying to dirty my client and make him seem like a negative guy….a black male hip-hop rapper. 

‘They are inquiring you to jump to a summary, to prosecute a black male. The tale suits better if it can be a black person shooting a black woman…..But Kelsey is the one particular who shot her pal.’ 

Asking why the chief investigator in the situation only took Lanez’s DNA and not the other passengers in the car Mgdesyan reported: ‘Because he’s the celebrity. He is Tory Lanez.’ 

‘The prosecution desires you to rely on Megan who lied to you or Kelsey, who took the Fifth.’ 

‘Why would Megan lie?’ Mgdesyan requested before.  

‘Megan and Tory are equally artists – what is far more newsworthy, you got shot by Kelsey Harris or you bought shot by Tory Lanez?’ 

‘Megan has an impression – she’s Megan Thee Stallion. Kelsey discovered out her greatest buddy was dishonest with her male and she shot her. How would that seem for Megan Thee Stallion?’ 

He also reminded the jury of Sean Kelly’s testimony in which he informed the courtroom that he observed Harris break off from preventing Megan and go back toward the SUV ahead of gunfire erupted. 

In her testimony previous week, Megan, 27, informed the jury of seven females and 5 adult males that she and Lanez have been leaving a pool social gathering July 12, 2020 at the property of Kylie Jenner when an argument erupted. The two women of all ages are pictured together throughout an Instagram Reside the evening of the shooting

Megan experienced at first denied ever becoming in a passionate connection with Lanez. The rapper – serious title Daystar Peterson -–could invest up to 12 decades in prison if convicted. The two are pictured in 2020

Mgdesyan said: ‘The evidence is fairly distinct that the gun was in Kelsey’s bag.’ 

Contacting the prosecution’s situation ‘full of holes,’ he went on: ‘My client did not willfully discuss the gun and fireplace the gun. That is why his DNA is not on the gun. 

‘There is no proof that my consumer shot a firearm.

‘My shopper was keeping Kelsey’s hand to try out to prevent her from shooting Megan….He was trying to conserve Megan.’ 

Deputy District Lawyer Kathy Ta poured scorn on the defense’s situation that Kelsey shot Megan in fury because of their intimate rivalry over Lanez. 

Alternatively she informed the jury, Lanez shot Megan in an angry clash of egos around the musical abilities of the two rappers. 

‘It’s the defendant who’s on trial, not Megan,’ Ta advised the court docket in her rebuttal to the defense’s closing arguments. 

‘The defendant experienced a bruised moi mainly because Megan was much more effective than him. 

‘She was disrespecting him as a rapper and that pissed him off. How dare she have the audacity to disrespect him, then get out of the car and stroll away from him?

‘So he reasserted his dominance.’