Tory Lanez was hospitalized on Monday after a fellow inmate on the California Correctional Establishment in Tehachapi attacked the rapper at round 7:20 a.m. native time, a spokesperson for the jail instructed ABC Information.
“Employees instantly responded, activated 911 and commenced medical assist. Peterson was subsequently transported to an out of doors medical facility for additional therapy,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The rapper, whose authorized title is Daystar Peterson, is serving a 10-year jail sentence for capturing and injuring fellow hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion, whose authorized title is Megan Pete, in July 2020.
The jail spokesperson didn’t present additional remark when requested concerning the nature of Peterson’s accidents, whether or not he has been launched from the hospital or whether or not a suspect has been charged within the assault.
ABC Information has reached out to attorneys representing Peterson however requests for remark weren’t returned.
The jail’s Investigative Providers Unit and the Kern County District Lawyer’s Workplace launched a probe into the incident, whereas the Workplace of the Inspector Common has been notified, the spokesperson mentioned.
ABC Information has reached out to the DA’s workplace for added remark.
Singer Tory Lanez returns to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Prison Justice Middle for his trial, Dec. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles.
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Peterson was discovered responsible on Dec. 23, 2022, of three costs for capturing and injuring Pete in each toes as they left a celebration within the Hollywood Hills on July 12, 2020.
He was initially charged in October 2020 with one felony rely every of assault with a semi-automatic firearm (private use of a firearm) and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a car, in response to charging paperwork obtained by ABC Information.
He was additionally charged forward of his trial in December 2022 with a further felony rely of discharging a firearm with gross negligence. Lanez, who selected to not take the witness stand through the trial, pleaded not responsible to all three costs.
His protection attorneys argued through the trial that Lanez was not the shooter and he has maintained his innocence in a number of social media posts since his sentencing final yr.
Throughout his sentencing listening to, prosecutors learn an impression assertion from Pete — who testified through the trial — during which she known as for Peterson to “be compelled to face the complete penalties of his heinous actions and face justice.”
“He not solely shot me, he made a mockery of my trauma. He tried to place himself as a sufferer and got down to destroy my character and my soul,” Pete mentioned in her impression assertion.
Peterson was denied bond by a Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom decide on Sept. 14, 2023, as his authorized group appeals his 10-year sentence.
