Tory Lanez Refuses To Take The
Stand In Criminal Trial For Shooting Fellow Rapper Megan Thee
Stallion
December 22. 2022
Megan Thee Stallion
As the criminal trial of Tory Lanez
approaches its conclusion, the rapper has declined
to take the stand in the case. Tory is accused of
shooting then girlfriend and fellow rapper, Megan
thee Stallion, in her feet after a heated argument
in a SUV.
Tory Lanez
When asked the question in court,
Tory told Judge David V. Herriford, "I will not
testify." Tory's driver, Jaquan Smith, who was
driving the SUV on the night of the shooting, has
also refused to testify in the case. Under U.S. law
an individual can plead the fifth to prevent
self-incrimination, which often gives the impression
the person has something to hide. Megan took
the stand. Why didn't Tory.
STORY SOURCE
Tory Lanez Won’t Testify In Megan Thee
Stallion Shooting Trial
12/21/2022 - Tory Lanez said
Wednesday (Dec. 21) that he will not take the
witness stand in his own defense in the trial over
whether he shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot,
signaling the end of testimony and the start of
closing arguments in the week-long trial and setting
the stage for jurors to begin deliberating on a
verdict.
Putting a defendant on the stand to
be cross-examined by prosecutors is a big gamble in
any criminal case, and Lanez’s attorneys opted not
to do so — resting their case without giving Lanez a
chance to personally persuade jurors that he didn’t
pull the trigger the night Megan was shot. “I will
not testify,” said Lanez, sitting beside his father,
to Judge David V. Herriford...
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