Tory Lanez will be headed back to court on Thursday. The 31-year-old will be going for his motion for bail as he appeals his 10-year prison sentence for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
Legal affairs journalist Meghann M. Cuniff said the court sent out a notice for the 10:30 a.m. hearing.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David V. Herriford, who on Aug. 8 rejected Lanez’s request for probation and alcoholism treatment and sentenced him to 10 years in prison, with credit for 305 days served.
Cuniff noted that a new lawyer previously filed a motion asking that Lanez be allowed to pause his prison sentence and instead “live locally in the Los Angeles area” with his new wife and their six-year-old son…
Cuniff who has been following the case closely spoke with Michael Freedman of The Freedman Firm, who stated that this will be pretty tough for Lanez to get: “Generally, to get bail pending appeal, you have to show a substantial likelihood of prevailing on appeal, which often means a substantial likelihood you can show error by the trial judge,” he explained. “So it’s pretty rare for a trial judge to find the defense can make this showing about the same judge’s own rulings, especially after the judge has already denied post-trial motions raising those same arguments.”
Although it may seem like a challenge for Lanez, it’s not entirely impossible.
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Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, shot the three-time Grammy winner followjng a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home on July 12, 2020.
Lanez had always maintained that he was innocent and even trolled the artists online in several social media post. However, In December 2022, a jury found Lanez guilty of three felony charges in December: assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
They carried a maximum sentence of 22 years and eight months behind bars, though prosecutors had asked for at least 13-year sentence.
Lanez was ultimately handed down 10 years and is now looking to fight that prison sentence.