Los Angeles (AP) — Megan Thee Stallion In a recorded interview for jury on Friday, she said she saw rapper Tory Lanez fire a gun into Megan’s feet.
An interview with prosecutors in September took place at Lanez’s Los Angeles assault trial, in which Kelsey Harris said in a stand on Wednesday, without seeing Lanez open fire and injure a former friend and boss. said he did not remember other important details.
“He was shooting.
Canadian rapper Lanez, 30, whose real name is Dayster Peterson, has pleaded not guilty to charges of grossly negligent firing a firearm, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and loading a loaded, unregistered firearm into a vehicle. .
Harris was one of four in the SUV, along with two of the rappers and Lanez’s bodyguard and driver. The four were leaving a small get-together at Kylie Jenner’s house when the incident happened on July 12, 2020. She was involved in a fight between Megan and Lanez that devolved into insults about each other’s careers. said.
Prosecutors had acted out part of an interview with Harris during her trial testimony. She was granted immunity in the case, but was not found guilty of perjury.
Harris said on the stand that he “wasn’t being honest” about some things in an interview in September.
After Lanez’s attorneys suggested during cross-examination that Harris had been pressured to make a statement she had made, the judge made the unusual move to play the entire 78-minute recording for the jury. was given to the public prosecutor.
Harris was sincere in taped interviews, contrasting with her evasive and sometimes combative time on the stand, and prosecutors rarely had to prompt her during her account. She said in the recording that she was drinking heavily, like the others in the car, and was getting out of the car when she heard several shots being fired. She then looked up to see Lanez fire more shots.
While in the stands, she denied that she shot Meg, but did not say Lanez did. 911.
Harris said in the recording that the incident estranged her and Megan and that she has not seen her in person since. .
Harris said she moved back to Houston when Megan was told it would likely take a long time to recover. I was in Los Angeles for
Harris’ description of the night on the recording largely matched Megan’s description from her testimony on Tuesday, but the details differed. Harris said he remained silent when Lanez opened fire. Megan testified that she yelled, “Dance, b—!” she to her when he shot.
Lanez’s attorney, George Mgdesyan, claimed that no one saw Lanez firing the gun during the trial. Megan testified that he had, but Mgdesyan said the injury was on the back of his leg, indicating he could not see the shooter clearly behind him. rice field.
Police were unable to recover any DNA or fingerprints from the gun used in the shooting.
Since launching his career in 2009, Lanez has had a successful mixtape and major label record, with two recent albums reaching the Top 10 on Billboard’s charts.
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