Tory Lanez Receives Rescheduled Sentencing Date in Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case

A new sentencing date of April 10 has been set by a judge for rapper Tory Lanez, who was convicted of assault and two other charges for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a 2020 argument in the Hollywood Hills. At a brief hearing in downtown Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge David Herriford agreed to revoke an order that had prohibited the 30-year-old Canadian rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, from publicly commenting on the case. Lanez’s new legal team is expected to file a motion for a new trial, which will be heard on April 10. Lanez, who has been imprisoned without bail since minutes after the Dec. 23 verdict, was found guilty of one felony count each of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle in connection with the shooting that occurred in the early morning of July 12, 2020. He is facing a maximum potential sentence of 22 years and eight months in state prison.