After being sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of Megan Thee Stallion, Tory Lanez’marries mother of his kid behind bars’ while applying for bail.With contributions from Sameer Suri, Neil Blincow, and Claudia Aoraha Written for Dailymail.Com Sunday, September 2, 12:26:26 EDT (updated)
While in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, Tory Lanez reportedly wed Raina Chassagne, the mother of his six-year-old son Kai.Rapper Daystar Peterson, 31, was given a 10-year prison term for three felony charges.Court reporter Meghan Cuniff allegedly reported that Lanez is now asking for bail in a Substack piece and on X.Cuniff has posted screenshots of what appears to be a fresh motion requesting that Lanez be allowed ‘to reside locally in Los Angeles’ rather than in prison.
The screen captures refer to Chassagne, who was seen crying outside the courthouse following Lanez’ punishment, as his “wife.” It can be seen in one screenshot that, should he be granted his freedom, Chassagne would return to the Los Angeles region with his wife, Raina Chassagne, and their 6-year-old son.The singer’s “relationship status has advanced rapidly in the last few weeks,” Cuniff said on X.The motion states that his fiancée is now his wife, which was confirmed by the reporter.Friends consoled Chassagne as she waited by her car outside of court on August 8 after she had been seen crying following Lanez’ sentencing.Chassagne, describing her ex-boyfriend as “ambitious and trusting,” made an impassioned plea for leniency during the first day of his sentencing hearing.Raina, the mother of 6-year-old Kai, testified about the rapper’s devotedness as a father and pleaded with the judge to consider leniency in order to prevent the cycle of incarceration and separation from children of black dads.However, her pleadings fell on deaf ears.
Lanez received a ten-year prison term.Tory Lanez stepped out of the car he had driven to court with his son Kai in his arms during the December trial, showing up as a witness.
He straightened the teen’s suit before they entered the courtroom together. ‘He is my support system and I’m his too,’ he said as he carried him out of court that night. Chassagne and Lanez’s history of meeting and co-parenting is unknown.Canadian artist Lanez said Wednesday at his sentencing that he still cares deeply about Megan, the victim, despite the consequences. The rapper known as Lanez (born Daystar Peterson) admitted, “I said some very immature things that I shouldn’t have said. I revealed some secrets I shouldn’t have revealed” in reference to the incident that landed him a decade in prison. The verdict concludes a high-profile trial that sparked outrage in the hip-hop community.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford imposed the punishment on the rapper, who was wearing a black skull cap and orange prison overalls. The judge did not grant Lanez the probation that his legal team had requested.Lanez pleaded with the judge to spare his life before he was given a 10-year sentence. The musician gave a 15-minute speech in which he pleaded, “Give me some sort of alternative that is not prison.” I have the potential to develop into an excellent citizen.No, I’m not some famous person here today. She seems like a good person who just needs a chance.
My kid needs me, and at the same time, I need to get better. I’d like a second chance to prove that the person everyone sees before them now is not actually me.I don’t anticipate any special treatment. But your honor, I beg you from the depths of my heart to put me to the test; please give me a chance.Many people get the wrong impression that I am a heartless monster who feels no guilt. But that’s not the case at all.That night, under the influence of alcohol, I made some really juvenile remarks…Sorry, I was completely incorrect.
Everything I did that night, I take full responsibility for, and I wish I could take back. I beg you to give me the chance to improve as a parent and a guide. Please consider the entirety of my life before passing judgment on me, and not just this one incident. “I do suffer from a behavioral disorder; I aspire to improve myself.”The 10-day trial against rapper Lanez ended on December 23, 2018 with a unanimous verdict of guilty on all three felony charges.Three charges against him were upheld: assault with a semi-automatic weapon, careless discharge of a handgun, and concealed carry of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
The maximum sentence for the attack was nine years in prison, while the maximum sentences for careless gun discharge and carrying a hidden weapon were also three years each. In addition to the higher sentences for assault and careless shooting, the jury determined that Lanez caused ‘severe bodily injury’ to Megan, who required surgery to remove three bullet pieces from her foot.
The musician had first entered not guilty pleas to all three counts.Megan, 28, testified tearfully at trial, telling the jury that she and Lanez, with whom she had been having a sexual relationship, attended a pool party on July 12, 2020 at the home of Kylie Jenner, and later got into an argument while driving in Lanez’s SUV with Kelsey Harris in the Hollywood Hills.
Megan (who is actually named Megan Pete) claims that after she begged the driver to pull over and she stepped out, Lanez yelled “Dance b***h” and fired a revolver five times at her, causing significant injuries that required surgery.According to her court testimony, she and Harris were promised $1 million by Lanez to remain quiet about the shooting and to not report him because he was already “on probation.”Megan also said that Lanez had apologized to her, saying that he had been inebriated when the incident occurred. Lanez had spent the last eight months advocating for a new trial. The judge declined to grant his petitions. The judge on Tuesday considered two ‘aggravating elements’ that the prosecution had shown deserved sentencing enhancements: the fact that Lanez used a gun, and the fact that Megan was ‘especially vulnerable or helpless.
‘Deputy District Attorney Alex Bott argued that Lanez showed ‘a complete lack of regard for human life’ and that ‘with less luck this would be a murder case.’ However, Judge Herriford ruled that the prosecution had not proven a third aggravating factor – that Lanez exhibited ‘cruelty, viciousness, or callousness’ toward Megan.Rather than incarceration, Lanez’s lawyers argued, he should receive mental health counseling and alcohol addiction treatment. They recommended a maximum three-year prison sentence if probation was not an option.
Judge Herriford claimed Tuesday that he had considered Lanez’s “multiple philanthropic endeavors” and “previous clean record” in rejecting the defense’s arguments, but he ultimately decided against them anyhow.The judge stated that he had a hard time connecting the ‘philanthropic and gifted’ Lanez with the violent criminal he found guilty. Sometimes nice people do horrible things, the judge remarked.The defense’s claim that Lanez’s mental illness stemmed from traumatic events in his childhood was discounted.Judge Herriford said, “It’s clear that the (shooting) incident occurred as the result of an argument — I don’t see a nexus in a mental disorder and the offense,” despite the fact that alcohol was present that night.On Tuesday, defense attorney Matthew Barhoma criticized prosecutors for the “disparity of seeking a 13-year sentence,” calling it “quite a deviation from the LA DA’s own sentencing policy.”‘Because he is Tory Lanez, people actively seek out these discrepancies.
Tory Lanez’s celebrity status is irrelevant to any potential sentencing enhancement requests. A stretch from the prosecutor.He said the shooting was related to Lanez’ mental illness over his childhood trauma and his alcohol usage, and that the DA’s request for a sentence enhancement from 10 to 13 years’should be disregarded’ because of this.Bott, the district attorney, argued that Lanez shot Megan because she had ridiculed his musical talent while he was inebriated, while the defense attorney insisted that “this case has nothing to do with mental illness.”
The shootout was “over his bruised ego,” as the saying goes.Bott explained that the prosecution wanted a harsher sentence because the shooting caused “great bodily injury” to Megan.Five shots were fired, and the victim was hit twice; he was close to killing her.DDA Kathy Ta, Bott’s co-prosecutor, stated that the additional term was being sought due to Lanez’s “threat to life and callousness, his lack of accountability, his brazen disregard for the court and the victim’s safety, and his conduct toward the victim afterward.” When the judge asked Ta why prosecutors were seeking for 13 years in prison instead of 10, Ta said that “anything less would endanger public safety.”
‘Dr. Stephanie Herring, a clinical psychologist called to the witness by defense counsel Ed Welbourn to testify about Lanez’s alcohol usage, testified that Tory had confided in her that he drank “up to a fifth of Petron tequila per night…to numb out.”Welbourn questioned whether or not the shooter’s drunkenness was related to the incident. Dr. Herring confidently answered, “Absolutely.”DDA Bott said, “There is not a single document showing he’s ever had treatment…for alcoholism.” There is no proof of this that we have found.This is merely a tactic.
Again, (Lanez) is trying to evade responsibility by whatever means necessary.On Monday and Tuesday, Lanez’s legal team spent a good chunk of time bringing people to testify on his behalf and extol his numerous virtues and deeds of generosity.On Tuesday, DDA Bott presented many movies highlighting Lanez’s charitable work, prompting the sarcastic comment from Bott: “I felt like I was here for a ‘Man of the Year’ award.”‘We are here today because of a horrific act of assault on a vulnerable woman, and it doesn’t take much for a guy of vast wealth to give to charity. Then he tortured her for two years, saying things like, “These are the actions of not a good, courageous person but a misogynist and a coward.”He begs the judge to have mercy on him. Why didn’t they show Megan any mercy?
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