Megan Thee Stallion took the witness stand in a courtroom, where the singer recounted what led to when she was allegedly shot by rapper Tory Lanez.
LOS Megan Thee Stallion took the witness stand in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday, where the hip-hop star recounted the events that led up to the night when she was allegedly shot and injured by rapper Tory Lanez in the Hollywood Hills.
The Grammy-winning artist, whose legal name is Megan Pete, testified that on the night of July 12, 2020, she got out of a car following an argument with Lanez and as she walked away, she turned her head and saw him with a gun, according to a reporter with Los Angeles ABC station KABC who was in the courtroom.
« He was holding the gun pointing at me, » she said, according to KABC, and claimed that he said « dance b—- » and fired his gun, injuring both her feet.
« I froze…I felt shocked, » she said. « I wasn’t really sure if this was happening…I looked at the ground and saw the blood…everyone was shocked. »
Megan also alleged that Lanez offered her money to stay quiet, claiming that he apologized to her as police arrived on the scene and said, « Please don’t say anything, I’ll give you $1 million. »
Megan Thee Stallion’s attorney Alex Spiro in a phone interview following her testimony on Tuesday that her main message was that « she’s a victim of a shooting and that’s what this case is about and that’s the truth. End of story. »
Lanez’s attorneys did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment following Megan’s testimony.
According to prosecutors, Lanez « personally inflicted great bodily injury » upon Megan after the two got into an argument while riding in an SUV in the Hollywood Hills, resulting in an injury in both her feet for which she received medical treatment.
Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was initially charged in October 2020 with one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (personal use of a firearm), and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle, according to charging documents obtained by ABC News.
