A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday denied a motion for a new trial from lawyers for rapper Tory Lanez, who was convicted of three felonies in December for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet and wounding her.
As he was led from the courtroom back to jail after a hearing on the motion a day earlier, he pleaded with Herriford to help him, saying “I could be your son. I could be your brother.” Lanez’s attorneys were disappointed from the start of Monday’s all-day oral arguments on their motion. “I feel that I would be ineffective if we proceeded,” defence attorney Jose Baez said. “Mr. Peterson has the right to due process for which he is entitled.”Lanez’s lawyers, who did not represent him at trial, said the attorney who did, George Mgdesyan, made mistakes in his case because he was given so little time to prepare before trial when the rapper’s previous attorney dropped out.
As it was throughout the trial, the courtroom was full of media and Lanez’s fans and family members, with many more outside in the hallway.