This A- list rapper must know he is in a lot of trouble because he hired the same lawyer who represented the guy who was accused of killing the dead reality star.

Tory Lanez

Tory Lanez’s attorney says they are ‘exploring all options including an appeal’ following guilty verdict in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion

Attorney George Mgdesyan spoke out after his client, Tory Lanez, was found guilty on Friday.

A Los Angeles jury found Lanez guilty on charges related to the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.

Mgdesyan said Lanez’s legal team is “shocked” by the verdict and is “exploring all options.”

In a statement obtained by Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillon, attorney George Mgdesyan said Lanez’s legal team is “shocked” by the guilty verdict.

Mgdesyan and Megan Thee Stallion’s attorney Alex Spiro did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

Lanez previously denied shooting Megan and pleaded not guilty to the charges. The trial began on December 12 and the jury reached a verdict on Friday. Lanez faces up to 22 years in prison and possible deportation to Canada. According to CNBC, a sentencing hearing is set for January 27. – Source

Tory Lanez Trial: Witness Says One Muzzle Flash Near Female, Then Male ‘Was Firing Everywhere’

The man who says he witnessed the street-level shooting that landed Megan Thee Stallion in the hospital testified Tuesday that he saw an initial muzzle flash near two women fighting then a “very agitated” man alleged to be Tory Lanez “firing everywhere.”

Sean Kelly, who was in his bedroom shortly after 4 a.m. on July 12, 2020, told jurors he peered out his window on Nichols Canyon Road in Los Angeles and saw four people fighting and shouting at each other during a “quite violent” confrontation.

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Kelly testified under oath that while he believes one of “the girls” fired the first shot, he saw the “smaller gentleman” fire four or five subsequent shots in quick succession, causing a woman to fall to the ground bleeding. And he told jurors the men viciously beat a female victim as she lay in a “fetal position” on the ground.

“I want to be clear, I never saw a gun, OK, I just saw flashes,” Kelly testified.

If convicted as charged, the Alone at Prom rapper is facing up to 22 years and eight months in prison and subsequent deportation since he’s a citizen of Canada.

On Monday, prosecutors attempted to add two new witnesses tampering charges based on testimony from Megan and Harris about “statements the defendant made in the car, offering them a million dollars” to stay silent about the shooting. Judge David Herriford questioned why prosecutors waited so long to file the additional charges and denied the motion. – Source

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