by Kandiss Edwards
November 13, 2025
A 3-judge panel of the 2nd District Courtroom of Attraction rejected Lanez’s direct attraction.
A California appellate courtroom has closed the door on rapper Tory Lanez’s most up-to-date attraction efforts.
A 3-judge panel of the 2nd District Courtroom of Attraction rejected the case introduced by Lanez (actual identify Daystar Peterson), a direct attraction of three felony counts linked to the capturing of Megan Pete, also referred to as rapper Megan Thee Stallion. The 46-page choice acknowledged plainly that Lanez’s assertions of prosecutorial misconduct had been baseless.
“The file doesn’t help Peterson’s rivalry that prosecutorial misconduct interfered along with his “proper to Battle free counsel,” the choice acknowledged.
Peterson’s authorized workforce questioned the validity of key proof introduced to the jury. Subsequently, the attraction sought to throw out the proof, triggering a brand new trial. The courtroom upheld the important thing trial rulings, together with admission of the sufferer’s testimony, earlier taped statements by a witness, and Instagram posts made by Lanez.
The appellate courtroom rejected the necessity to reexamine proof stating, “the trial courtroom didn’t abuse its discretion in admitting proof.”
Moreover, the courtroom choice bolstered the prosecutor’s narrative which is commonly questioned by Lanez’s followers.
“Substantial proof established, past an inexpensive doubt, that the accidents Peterson inflicted on Pete had been greater than average hurt. . . The orthopedic surgeon who operated on Pete’s ft testified at trial and the jury noticed x-rays and a report of the operation.”
The rapper was charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm, possession of a loaded and unregistered firearm in a automobile, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
On the time of his December 2022 conviction, Lanez was instantly sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was lately transferred to California Males’s Colony after a prison-stabbing incident.
For Lanez, the choice decreases his remaining choices to bypass the ruling. Additional makes an attempt require petitioning the California Supreme Courtroom or pursuing habeas aid, neither of which supply a right away decision.
For now, Lanez’s 10-year sentence stays. The capturing case seems practically closed within the courts. Peterson shall be up for parole in 2029.
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