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Tory Lanez’ ‘High Level Of Callousness’ In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Warrants Longer Prison Sentence, Prosecutors Say

<p>Prosecutors in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tory-lanez-judge-ruin-his-life-new-trialupdate-tory-lanez-begs-judge-not-to-ruin-his-life-ahead-of-court-hearing-for-new-trial&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Tory Lanez<&sol;a> shooting trial have reportedly filed a new motion advocating for the rapper to receive a longer prison sentence&period; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tory-lanez-judge-ruin-his-life-new-trialupdate-tory-lanez-begs-judge-not-to-ruin-his-life-ahead-of-court-hearing-for-new-trial&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Lanez faces up to 22 years in prison&period; The rapper was being convicted of &&num;8220&semi;assault with a semi-automatic firearm&comma;&&num;8221&semi; carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle&comma; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence in December for a July 2020 incident&comma; as per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;US&sol;verdict-reached-trial-rapper-tory-lanez-charged-shooting&sol;story&quest;id&equals;95723751" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">ABC News<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s request for a new trial was denied on May 9&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;tory-lanez-judge-ruin-his-life-new-trialupdate-tory-lanez-begs-judge-not-to-ruin-his-life-ahead-of-court-hearing-for-new-trial&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">UPDATE&colon; Judge Rules Against Tory Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s Motion For New Trial&comma; Defense Calls For Judge To Disqualify Himself<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Details About Prosecutors&&num;8217&semi; Lastest Court Filing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Legal affairs journalist Meghann Cuniff shared a copy of the prosecutors&&num;8217&semi; filing&period; Additionally&comma; she included further details on the matter in a report published Wednesday via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;legalaffairsandtrials&period;com&sol;p&sol;prosecutors-cite-high-level-of-callousness" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Legal Affairs and Trials<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Cuniff&&num;8217&semi;s report&comma; prosecutors allege that Lanez&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8220&semi;demonstrated a high level of callousness&&num;8221&semi; when he fired toward Megan Thee Stallion&period; Additionally&comma; the prosecutors reportedly allege that the rapper did so &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;without any justifiable provocation or reason&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Due to this&comma; prosecutors believe Lanez should receive an extended prison sentence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cuniff included a statement from the Tuesday filing&comma; written by Deputy District Attorneys Kathy Ta and Alex Bott&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Victim was dressed in only a bikini&comma; shoeless and on foot in a neighborhood completely foreign to her&period; It was late at night&period; She was unarmed and completely defenseless&&num;8230&semi; &lbrack;Tory Lanez&rsqb; posed a significant danger to everyone &lpar;witnesses and neighbors&rpar; in the vicinity of this shooting&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the prosecutors called the &&num;8220&semi;brazenness&&num;8221&semi; of Lanez&&num;8217&semi;s conduct &&num;8220&semi;alarming&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The brazenness of Defendant’s conduct is alarming but the conscious disregard for the well-being and safety of all those around him signifies a high degree of indifference for human life&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Prosecutors Shared More Details About The Shooting&&num;8217&semi;s Effect On Megan Thee Stallion<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the reported court filing&comma; prosecutors also provided insight into the impact of the shooting on Megan Thee Stallion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Victim suffered gunshot wounds to both of her feet and was bleeding profusely&period; Bullet fragments penetrated both of her feet&period; Victim was placed under general anesthesia and the fragments were removed during surgery&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors explained that the wounds caused &&num;8220&semi;permanent scarring to both of her feet&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; they added that Megan Thee Stallion has the bullet fragments &&num;8220&semi;permanently embedded in her feet&period;&&num;8221&semi; Despite undergoing physical therapy and receiving stitches for her injuries&comma; the rapper &&num;8220&semi;continues to suffer from nerve damage and experience soreness&&num;8221&semi; which is especially impactful when she performs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lastly&comma; prosecutors explained that Lanez &&num;8220&semi;fired every round from that gun&period;&&num;8221&semi; Then left Megan &&num;8220&semi;shoeless&&num;8221&semi; and in a bikini&comma; &&num;8220&semi;particularly vulnerable&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;She was afforded no opportunity and was in no position to defend herself&comma; find cover&comma; or shield herself in anyway&period; Besides an argument in the car&comma; there was no justifiable provocation or event that would have signaled to her that Defendant would have fired a gun at her&comma; not just once but five times&period; Victims was taken entirely by surprise&period; Given the surrounding circumstances&comma; she was particularly vulnerable&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Prosecutors&&num;8217&semi; Request To The Judge<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to Cuniff&&num;8217&semi;s report&comma; prosecutors ask that Judge David Herriford consider three things when he delivers his sentencing to Tory Lanez on June 13&period; This includes Tory Lanez&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8220&semi;callousness&&num;8221&semi; and the bodily harm he caused to Megan Thee Stallion&comma; his &&num;8220&semi;use of a semi-automatic firearm&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and Megan Thee Stallion&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;vulnerability as a victim&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; prosecutors have not recommended &&num;8220&semi;a specific number of years&&num;8221&semi; they would like Judge Herriford to sentence the rapper to&period; However&comma; the recommendation will reportedly be shared in an additional court memorandum constructed by prosecutors on June 6&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1661361083444256768" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cuniff reports that if Judge Herriford agrees with the prosecution &&num;8220&semi;aggravating factors&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he will be able to sentence Lanez to more than 22 years in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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