On Tuesday, โLuvโ rapper Tory Lanez was remanded into custody and handcuffed for violating a protection order put in place in connection to the Megan Thee Stallion assault case.
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According to Rolling Stoneโs Nancy Dillon, Judge David Herriford set Lanezโ bail at $350,000 after hearing nearly an hour of argument, ultimately ruling that the rapper did not follow the court order that prohibits him from โcontacting or harassing Megan or sharing any discovery in the case.โ Heโs expected to post bail some time today and will reappear in court for the official trial on Sep. 14.
Hereโs more on the court hearing, per Rolling Stone:
His lawyer, Shawn Holley, argued that Lanez did not provide a third-party Twitter user and YouTube personality known as DJ Akademiks with any discovery in the case before Akademiks tweeted in February that โTory Lanez DNA was not found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case.โ
Holley confirmed in open court that the swab on the gun came back โinconclusiveโ with four contributors, so the Akademiks tweet was โincorrect.โ โIf he had seen this document, he presumably would have got it right,โ she argued. Holley further confirmed that the swab on the gunโs magazine โexcludedโ Lanez.
As previously reported by The Root, in February, Megan took to Twitter to combat the false narratives surrounding this case, as perpetuated by both DJ Akademiks online.
โI know some of yโall blogs on payroll but please donโt get sued trying to create a hate campaign. Be a real journalist and post FACTS,โ the โThot Shitโ rapper wrote in part in an Instagram story.
She later added, โWhatโs even more fucked up is this shit is all public record and nobody even cares to read. Only thing that happened in court was it got pushed to April 5th...but yโall will get a lie trending..Imagine how I feel...reliving this shit everyday publicly. It hurts, Iโm so tired.โ
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