bodyguard Megan Thee Stallion who was going to testify Tory Lanez‘s felony assault trial — but reportedly stopped responding to law enforcement this week — was expected to face questions about statements he had previously made to authorities involving Lanez. says the informant. rolling stone.
Bodyguard Justin Edison previously told law enforcement that the day after Megan was rushed to the hospital, Lanez approached him and told him the violence was an alcohol-fueled accident, sources said. .
Edison — person who wasn’t there when the shooting happened but got the panicked email Megan’s ex-friend Kelsey Harris “Help/Tory shot Meg/911,” he told authorities when Lanez apologized to him face-to-face during a meeting at his private residence, and when Megan was accidentally hit, he was very drunk. He said he was shooting at the ground and was just shooting into the ground, a person familiar with the matter said.
Edison and his attorney did not immediately respond rolling stonerequest for comment. Attempts to contact Lanez’s attorneys and prosecutors in the felony case, which is currently undergoing a jury trial in Los Angeles, were not immediately successful.
Late Friday, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott asked Judge David Hereford to release Edison’s “body attachments” (a type of warrant), giving up on prosecutors calling him to the stand. showed that
Megan’s attorney, Alex Spiro, released a statement on Saturday that Edison has gone missing, but the search for him isn’t over.
“We recently learned that Justin Edison went missing shortly before he appeared in court. I will,” Spiro said. rolling stone.
A spokeswoman for the LAPD said Saturday that it had no information about a missing persons investigation linked to Edison.
Lanes, whose full name is Dayster Peterson, is in a high-profile case alleging he shot Megan in both legs during a drunken assault in a residential neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills before dawn on July 12, 2020. I’m fighting with two felonies.
He sustained serious injuries in a firearm assault, hid a loaded, unregistered firearm in his vehicle, and pleaded not guilty. A recently added count of firearms firing due to gross negligence.
If you are found guilty of being charged with alone at prom The rapper faces 22 years and 8 months in prison, followed by possible deportation, for being a Canadian citizen.
Megan, whose full name is Megan Pete, gave a harrowing testimony Speaking on the witness stand Tuesday, she said the shooting left her with permanent physical and mental injuries.
She recalled seeing Peterson turning around with a gun, shouting “dance bitch” and pointing it at her when gunshots allegedly rang out.
Harris also stood on the witness stand. For two days of tortured testimony that denied key elements of a detailed statement he gave to prosecutors in September. Retracted her September claim that she saw a semi-automatic 9 mm handgun fired five times over a door that was closed.
When Peterson’s attorneys questioned her September statement during cross-examination, he had the “impression” that she could “close this case” if she told prosecutors “what they wanted to hear.” I asked if it was under there.
Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott said the question challenged the “honesty” of the DA’s office and asked the court to play back the entire interview recorded in September for jurors. I asked the court to allow it. A judge granted the request, and a jury heard him on Friday for an 88-minute audio interview.