LOS ANGELES — Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a restraining order from imprisoned rapper Tory Lanez till early 2030.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom on Thursday granted Megan’s request for a protective order after the hip-hop star alleged that Lanez is harassing her from jail by way of surrogates as he serves a 10-year sentence for shooting her in the feet.
The order was granted after a listening to. Michael Hayden, Lanez’s lawyer, wrote in an objection to the restraining order request that his shopper’s incarceration means there “is now not any type of present or future menace” to Megan and there was no direct contact between the 2 just lately.
A abstract of Thursday’s listening to mentioned Bloom discovered that Megan’s attorneys had met the burden of proof to increase a short lived restraining order till Jan. 9, 2030.
Hayden didn’t instantly return a message searching for remark Friday.
Megan obtained the short-term order in November after alleging Lanez, a Canadian rapper whose authorized identify is Daystar Peterson, is utilizing third events to proceed to harass her on-line.
The petition says name logs on the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi present that Lanez is coordinating assaults on Megan’s credibility, together with making false claims that the gun and bullet fragments within the case are lacking.
In December 2022, Lanez was convicted of three felonies: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a car and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
A decide rejected a movement for a brand new trial from Lanez’s attorneys, who’re interesting his conviction.
Megan testified through the trial that Lanez fired the gun behind her toes and shouted for her to bounce as she walked away from an SUV they rode in leaving a celebration at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills dwelling.
Megan, 29, was already a serious rising star on the time of the taking pictures, and her music’s reputation has soared since. She gained a Grammy for finest new artist in 2021, and he or she had No. 1 singles with “Savage,” that includes Beyoncé, and as a visitor on Cardi B’s “WAP.”
Lanez, 32, started releasing mixtapes in 2009 and noticed a gentle rise in reputation, transferring on to main label albums. His final two reached the highest 10 on Billboard’s charts.
