Tory Lanez

Jurors Hear Kelsey Harris’ 80-Minute Long September Interview With Prosecutors Where She ID’d Tory Lanez As Shooter

<p>Jurors heard an 80-minute long interview Friday between former friend of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Megan&plus;Thee&plus;Stallion&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Megan Thee Stallion<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; <strong>Kelsey Harris<&sol;strong>&comma; and prosecutors&comma; where she identified <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;tory&plus;lanez&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Tory Lanez<&sol;strong><&sol;a> as the shooter&comma; despite testifying otherwise during trial this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Judge Herriford had just ruled in favor of allowing prosecutors to play the tape just a day beforehand&comma; after only small portions of it were played on Wednesday&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kelsey-harris-backtracks-in-testimony-under-cross-examination-on-day-four-of-tory-lanezs-criminal-trial&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Jurors Hear Kelsey&&num;8217&semi;s September Interview With Prosecutors&comma; The Contents Of Which Directly Contradict Her Testimony This Week<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">The tape contains Harris’s<&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> September interview with prosecutors&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lawandcrime&period;com&sol;celebrity&sol;jurors-to-hear-80-minute-interview-in-which-megan-thee-stallions-ex-assistant-told-prosecutors-she-saw-tory-lanez-shoot-her-former-boss&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Law &amp&semi; Crime<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; where she not only ID&&num;8217&semi;d Lanez as the gunman responsible for shooting Meg in the foot back in July 2020&comma; but also contradicted much of what she has said during her testimony this week&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During day four of the Tory Lanez trial&comma; Harris had disavowed her claim on the witness stand&comma; in a startling back-flip that prosecutors appeared to attribute to pressure from the defendant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmPf12NSVQi" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The judge&&num;8217&semi;s approval was considered a major win for prosecutors who are looking to convict Lanez&comma; with jurors being able to hear the witness’s full and unedited remarks from September&comma; before Harris’s sudden story reversal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Thursday&comma; Lanez’ lawyer George Mgdesyan&comma; repeatedly questioned Harris about the interview&comma; and asked her if prosecutors had pressured her to make a statement&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Harris testified Thursday&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I felt like I had to” when Mgdesyan asked her about being pressured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Your goal was to incriminate my client and keep yourself out of it&quest;” Mgdesyan asked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No&comma;” Harris answered&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Harris Claims Tory Lanez Shot Meg In September Interview&comma; But Testified Otherwise Throughout Trial This Week<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott told Herriford that Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&&num;8217&semi;s questions about Harris’ September interview with prosecutors were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unacceptable” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unprofessional&comma;” and had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;opened the door for the entire” recording of Harris’ interview to be played because it will show Harris was only told to tell the truth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"AdThrive&lowbar;Content&lowbar;2&lowbar;desktop" class&equals;"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 unit-wrap adthrive-ad-cls" data-google-query-id&equals;"CNP0nZWS&lowbar;&lowbar;sCFcMXswAdR-sDXA">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"qualified qualified-11">In her testimony&comma; Harris&comma; 27&comma; repeatedly told Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta that she wasn’t truthful in that September interview&comma; and added she never saw Lanez shoot Megan Thee Stallion&comma; unlike what she said in the Sept&period; 20 interview&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmPpaEYStA7" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The September 2022 recording reportedly contains Kelsey Harris as she describes the moment Tory Lanez allegedly shot MeganTheeStallion&period; Kelsey said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s shooting over the top of the door&period; He was leaning over the front passenger door&comma; and he was shooting the gun&comma; according to Law &amp&semi; Crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Megan was walking away when this happened&comma; but by the 3rd or 4th shot&comma; she was facing toward us&comma; and I would describe it as like a deer in headlights&period;&&num;8221&semi; Kelsey also said that Tory allegedly threatened to shoot her&comma; and she said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you shoot me&comma; you shoot me&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During that 80-minute long September interview&comma; Harris also detailed the entire shooting&comma; telling prosecutors how Lanez had threatened to shoot her and then pulled her out of the Escalade by her hair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; Ta repeatedly attempted to establish that Harris was actually being truthful in the September interview&comma; all while Harris maintained otherwise&period; Ta even went so far as to tell Harris that the immunity she had been granted for her testimony does not cover perjury&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Perjury is lying under oath or while on the stand&period; Prosecutors are implying that Harris either lied about the shooting in September or during her testimony throughout Lanez&&num;8217&semi; trial this week&comma; thus weakening her position as a credible witness&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmPZFfqvD3m" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ta grilled her about the September interview&comma; so much that at one point Harris told Judge Herriford&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;your honor&comma; I don’t remember our conversation from September&period; She keeps asking me the same things&comma;” but the questioning continued&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Court Hears Kelsey Harris&&num;8217&semi; 2020 Diss Track Against Former Friend&comma; Employer Megan Thee Stallion<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; during the fourth day of trial on Thursday&comma; the defense also mentioned Kelsey Harris&&num;8217&semi; 2020 diss track &&num;8220&semi;Bussin&&num;8217&semi; Back&&num;8221&semi; against former friend and employer Megan Thee Stallion&comma; likely to stir up doubt over whether Lanez was in fact the gunman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harris appeared not to remember the lyrics&period; However&comma; she did confirm that Meg did not shoot herself&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lanez&&num;8217&semi; attorney George Mgdesyan continued to press her on the insulting rap lyrics written about Meg&comma; in particular the phrase &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m taking shots at you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m sure you’re aware of how rap lyrics go&comma;” Harris replied&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Lanez&comma; who is charged with assault with semiautomatic firearm and intentional discharge of a firearm&comma; with negligent discharge also an option&period; He faces a maximum of 22 years and 8 months if convicted&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;"105277" 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;jurors-hear-kelsey-harris-80-minute-long-september-interview-with-prosecutors-where-she-idd-tory-lanez-at-shooter&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b649ce0b13"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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