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Megan Thee Stallion’s restraining order request in opposition to Tory Lanez has been granted. On Thursday (Jan. 9), Los Angeles Superior Court docket Choose Richard Bloom signed off on the ruling, which might be efficient up till Jan. 9, 2030.
Based on the “Greater in Texas” artist, Lanez has continued to trigger her “repeated trauma and re-victimization” even whereas serving his 10-year jail sentence. “I would like my restraining order as a result of I haven’t been at peace since I [was] shot,” she advised the court docket through a video name, per Rolling Stone’s Nancy Dillon. Megan additionally shared that she not often leaves her dwelling outdoors of labor and often encounters individuals yelling “Free Tory” at her exhibits.
“I’m only a nervous wreck on a regular basis,” the Houston star testified. Lanez’s lawyer, Michael Hayden, argued in opposition to the restraining order, calling it an unfair “prior restraint” on free speech. The authorized skilled added that his consumer has “no want to speak with petitioner ever once more.”
Megan’s preliminary petition learn, “Mr. Peterson is absolutely conscious of the impression of the psychological warfare he has waged in opposition to Ms. Pete, but he continues to deputize his supporters to assault Ms. Pete’s character and integrity.”
Choose Bloom finally dominated in favor of the Grammy Award winner’s request: “The court docket does imagine that the details on this matter present each illegal violence, a menace of violence and a willful course of conduct that severely harasses the petitioner and serves no reputable goal.”
Lanez’s 2023 sentencing included expenses of assault with an computerized firearm, carrying an unregistered loaded weapon in a car and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. The “Say It” singer received’t be eligible for parole till September 2029.
Now that the authorized dealings are behind her, followers can hopefully sit up for MEGAN: ACT III in 2025. The musician teased the third installment of her self-titled sequence on Twitter in December 2024.