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(UPDATE) Tory Lanez Reportedly Reacts After Judge Denies His Motion To Receive Bail: ‘All In God’s Plan’

<p>Tory Lanez has reportedly shared his reaction after Judge David Herriford denied the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s motion to receive bail&period; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-lawyer-tory-lanez-bail-release-appeal-hearing-10-year-sentence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the rapper filed the motion on August 28&period; Additionally&comma; Lanez desired to receive bail as he works to appeal his 10-year prison sentence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rapper received the sentence on August 8&period; This followed Lanez being convicted on three charges in relation to the 2020 assault of Megan Thee Stallion in December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-lawyer-tory-lanez-bail-release-appeal-hearing-10-year-sentence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&&num;8216&semi;New&&num;8217&semi; Lawyer For Tory Lanez Argues For Rapper To Be Released On Bail As He Aims To Appeal His 10-Year Prison Sentence<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s Note&colon;<&sol;strong> This article has been updated to reflect Tory Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s reported reaction to Judge David Herriford&&num;8217&semi;s denial of his bail motion&period; Additionally&comma; this article has been updated to reflect the events that allegedly occurred before Lanez left the courtroom following his bail motion hearing&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Tory Lanez Reportedly Reacts To The Judge&&num;8217&semi;s Decision &amp&semi; Shares Future Plans<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;15&sol;tory-lanez-still-holding-out-hope-stay-out-prison-bond-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-case&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a>&comma; Caesar McDowell&comma; the CEO of Unite&comma; The People&comma; the legal team currently representing Lanez in his bail and appeal cases&comma; spoke with the rapper after Judge David Herriford denied him bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>McDowell explained to the outlet that the rapper is remaining &&num;8220&semi;hopeful&period;&&num;8221&semi; Additionally&comma; the rapper reportedly informed McDowell that he &&num;8220&semi;wasn&&num;8217&semi;t surprised&&num;8221&semi; the judge denied his request for bail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; Lanez is reportedly &&num;8220&semi;chalking&&num;8221&semi; Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s events to be &&num;8220&semi;all in God&&num;8217&semi;s plan&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the outlet&comma; Lanez and his legal team plan to file an &&num;8220&semi;emergency motion&&num;8221&semi; to &&num;8220&semi;try to reverse the judge&&num;8217&semi;s ruling&period;&&num;8221&semi; Additionally&comma; the rapper believes a &&num;8220&semi;higher court&&num;8221&semi; will &&num;8220&semi;be more receptive to him&&num;8221&semi; than Judge Herriford&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Judge David Herriford Denies Tory Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s Motion<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Ahead of Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s hearing&comma; McDowell reportedly shared his thoughts on the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s sentencing&comma; as per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rollingstone&period;com&sol;music&sol;music-news&sol;tory-lanez-denied-bail-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-1234823511&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Rolling Stone<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;To be convicted for ten years in state prison for your first time being in prison&comma; we feel that that’s disproportionate&&num;8230&semi; We feel that he wasn’t given a fair shake&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>According to legal reporter Meghann Cuniff&comma; Judge David Herriford then denied the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s request for bail pending appeal Thursday afternoon&period; Cuniff added that the judge detailed the reason for his decision via YouTube live following the hearing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Cuniff&comma; Herriford explained that Lanez &&num;8220&semi;was convicted of a violent crime&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;has a history of violating court orders&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;is not a U&period;S&period; citizen&period;&&num;8221&semi; Therefore&comma; if the judge granted the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s bail request&comma; there could still be &&num;8220&semi;deportation proceedings&&num;8221&semi; to be considered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;14&sol;tory-lanez-denied-bond-behind-bars-appeal-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-case&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a> reports that Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s attorneys argued against the judge&&num;8217&semi;s last point&comma; explaining that the rapper is &&num;8220&semi;legally&&num;8221&semi; in the country on an &&num;8220&semi;active work visa&period;&&num;8221&semi; However&comma; the reported argument appeared to be to no avail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a tweet shared on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;meghanncuniff&sol;status&sol;1702381931579777506" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">X<&sol;a>&comma; formerly known as Twitter&comma; Cuniff added that the rapper &&num;8220&semi;grinned at his supporters&&num;8221&semi; following the judge&&num;8217&semi;s decision as he was led out of the courtroom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the legal reporter tweeted that Lanez is &&num;8220&semi;officially head to prison&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CxLrTINPBu2" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Friday&comma; Cuniff published a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;legalaffairsandtrials&period;com&sol;p&sol;tory-lanez-insults-reporter-in-final&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;post-email-title&amp&semi;publication&lowbar;id&equals;1306850&amp&semi;post&lowbar;id&equals;137040737&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;email-post-title&amp&semi;isFreemail&equals;true&amp&semi;r&equals;2nnkjo&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">report<&sol;a> that explained Lanez referred to her as a &&num;8220&semi;googly-eyed b&ast;&ast;&ast;h&&num;8221&semi; as he left the hearing&period; According to Cuniff&comma; she did not hear the words from Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s mouth&period; However&comma; many people and officials within the courtroom informed her of his alleged statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CxMBbr1SS-8" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Jose Baez&comma; One Of Tory&&num;8217&semi;s Attorneys&comma; Was Notably Absent From Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s Hearing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; Jose Baez&comma; was reportedly absent from Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s hearing&period; Cuniff notes that the lawyer wished Lanez &&num;8220&semi;much love&&num;8221&semi; via his Instagram Story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;legalaffairsandtrials&period;com&sol;p&sol;tory-lanez-insults-reporter-in-final&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;post-email-title&amp&semi;publication&lowbar;id&equals;1306850&amp&semi;post&lowbar;id&equals;137040737&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;email-post-title&amp&semi;isFreemail&equals;true&amp&semi;r&equals;2nnkjo&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">report<&sol;a> published Friday&comma; Cuniff also noted that Ed Welbourn and Matthew Barhoma&comma; the attorneys who represented Lanez at his sentencing&comma; were also absent from the hearing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1702366801894711516" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rollingstone&period;com&sol;music&sol;music-news&sol;tory-lanez-denied-bail-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-1234823511&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Rolling Stone<&sol;a> notes that Lanez was represented in court Thursday by Crystal A&period; Morgan and Michael Hayden of Unite the People&comma; a California-based nonprofit organization that renders legal services&period; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-lawyer-tory-lanez-bail-release-appeal-hearing-10-year-sentence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s bail motion was signed by Morgan&period; She is a licensed California attorney for the organization&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cuniff <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;legalaffairsandtrials&period;com&sol;p&sol;tory-lanez-insults-reporter-in-final&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;post-email-title&amp&semi;publication&lowbar;id&equals;1306850&amp&semi;post&lowbar;id&equals;137040737&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;email-post-title&amp&semi;isFreemail&equals;true&amp&semi;r&equals;2nnkjo&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">reported<&sol;a> Friday that Hayden has worked with Unite The People since 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Details Regarding The Rapper&&num;8217&semi;s Initial Bail Motion &amp&semi; &&num;8220&semi;New&&num;8221&semi; Team Of Attorneys Assisting His Appeal Process<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-lawyer-tory-lanez-bail-release-appeal-hearing-10-year-sentence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s bail motion was initially filed on Monday&comma; August 28&period; The motion reportedly detailed Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s plans to live in Los Angeles with his six-year-old son and wife&comma; Raina Chassagne&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1697615404292776023" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the motion explained that Lanez would maintain his sobriety and have &&num;8220&semi;no contact&&num;8221&semi; with Megan Thee Stallion &&num;8220&semi;on social media or by other means&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Giving Mr&period; Peterson bail will allow him to continue his employment while staying in the geographic Los Angeles area&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the motion reportedly stated&comma; as previously reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-lawyer-tory-lanez-bail-release-appeal-hearing-10-year-sentence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The motion ultimately added that Lanez is not a &&num;8220&semi;danger&&num;8221&semi; to society and his charges stemmed &&num;8220&semi;from an isolated incident where he was intoxicated&period;&&num;8221&semi; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-lawyer-tory-lanez-bail-release-appeal-hearing-10-year-sentence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;pending appeal&&num;8221&semi; will not be addressed by Judge David Herriford&period; Instead&comma; it will reportedly &&num;8220&semi;be filed with the California Courts of Appeal’s 2nd District in Los Angeles&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to legal reporter Meghann Cuniff&comma; the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;notice of appeal” was received on August 10&period; However&comma; Cuniff notes that the appellate process can extend multiple years and may not begin until 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;legalaffairsandtrials&period;com&sol;p&sol;tory-lanez-insults-reporter-in-final&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;post-email-title&amp&semi;publication&lowbar;id&equals;1306850&amp&semi;post&lowbar;id&equals;137040737&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;email-post-title&amp&semi;isFreemail&equals;true&amp&semi;r&equals;2nnkjo&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">report<&sol;a> published Friday&comma; Cuniff adds that Judge David Herriford remained confident in his sentencing of Tory&period; Herriford briefly spoke on the appellate motion Thursday&period; Additionally&comma; the judge reportedly stated that there were &&num;8220&semi;no errors&comma; and even if there was some type of error&comma; it’s harmless error&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; Cuniff reports Lanez could be transferred to state prison before the end of September&period; Additionally&comma; the rapper will receive a credit of 305 days served&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tory Lanez has maintained his innocence in relation to his conviction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"144771" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;judge-denies-tory-lanezs-motion-receive-bail&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b58d235200"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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