Megan Thee Stallion has taken the stand in the felony assault trial of singerTory Lanez, who is accused of shooting the “Plan B” rapper in the foot in July2020.
Megan, 27, entered the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in LosAngeles on Tuesday dressed in a bright purple suit, and directed a smile at agroup of cheering fans who’d been waiting in the hallway to see her.
Lanez, meanwhile, entered the building shortly after while holding hands withhis young son.
Megan was called to the witness stand on the second day of the trial, whichstems from a 2020 incident in which Lanez allegedly shot the “Sweetest Pie”rapper in the foot three times after yelling, “Dance, bitch!”
The pair, whom Megan has said had a friendly relationship before the incident,allegedly got into an argument in the car while leaving a Hollywood Hillsparty thrown by Kylie Jenner. Her former friend Kelsey Nicole was also in thevehicle.
“I just don’t feel good,” Megan, her voice cracking, told the court afterbeing asked if she was nervous, according to_Rollingstone_.”I can’t believe I have to come up here and do this.”
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The Grammy-winning rapper recounted her personal relationships with bothLanez, 30, and Nicole, and said that she and Lanez began arguing after shewanted to leave Jenner’s house and he didn’t. Her stylist had left the party,and she therefore needed Lanez to give her a ride.
Megan told the court that as they left in the car, Lanez argued with both herand with Nicole, calling them “bitches” and other expletives. She said sheexited the vehicle while it was on a main street—but once she realized shedidn’t know the area, made moves to get back inside, citing her status as acelebrity.
The star said she was facing the car and saw Lanez shoot her as he stood aboveher on one of the SUV’s steps.
Prosecutors said during opening statements on Monday that the shots left threebullet fragments in Megan’s feet, and that the argument began after Megancriticized his “musical skills,” according to BuzzFeed News.
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Texts from Lanez to Megan in which he apologized and said he “genuinely justgot too drunk” but “can’t change what I did” were reportedly read in court,though Lanez’s defense attorneys claimed he was not admitting to shooting agun, but to being sexually involved with both Megan and Kelsey Nicole.
Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, was charged in October 2020 with one felonycount each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearmand carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. He pleaded notguilty to both charges in November 2020.
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In October 2022, he was ordered under house arrest and electronic monitoring,with Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott arguing at the time that Lanezposed a danger to society and previously defied court orders not to comewithin 100 yards of Megan (Lanez was previously arrested in April forviolating court orders by addressing Megan directly on social media anddisclosing DNA evidence via a third-party Twitter user).
The “Luv” singer’s house arrest was terminated earlier this month in order forhim to prepare for trial, according to Rollingstone.
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Since identifying Lanez as her alleged shooter in August 2020, Megan has beenforced to face critics who support Lanez, and in June, said she felt as thoughshe had become “the villain” in the situation.
She told Rollingstone in June that she hopes to see Lanez behind bars, andthat the incident has scarred her. She also said she underwent surgery thenight of the shooting, and spent approximately four days in a Californiahospital to treat wounds she initially told police and doctors were the resultof accidentally stepping on glass.
The star said she also had to turn to physical therapy to learn how to walk