Tory Lanez has responded to Megan Thee Stallion’s momentary restraining order request filed on December 17, 2024, by alleging abuse of the justice system. Lanez is at present incarcerated following the 2020 incident the place he shot Megan’s foot and acquired sentenced to 10 years in jail.
In response to Individuals, on December 24, Lanez, whose title is Daystar Peterson, filed a movement within the Superior Court docket of California in Los Angeles County contesting the Neva Play rapper’s December 17 petition.
Within the submitting, Lanez, 32, states that Megan, whose start title is Megan Pete, 29, abused her powers within the civil courts by searching for a restraining order in opposition to him with out ever having had a direct encounter with him. The movement argues Megan’s request was frivolous and that Lanez has by no means interacted together with her in any capability.
The doc claims that the Hiss rapper “has improperly determined to make use of the Los Angeles County civil court docket to file a frivolous request for a civil harassment restraining order in opposition to Daystar Peterson, who has had zero direct contact with Ms. Pete.”
The grievance additional asserts that the Mamushi hitmaker, being a public determine, was misusing her energy and assets to silence opposing viewpoints and thus termed the restraining order as an effort of canceling speech as an alternative of taking points publicly.
A part of Lanez’s doc reads, “When a celeb with tens of millions of {dollars} and backed by a big company disagrees with free speech or opinions, they weaponize the justice system, failing to know that they’re public figures who voluntarily catapulted themselves into the limelight, unable to take care of the controversy and public opinions.”
Lanez additional quotes California regulation, which, in keeping with him, forbids restraining orders that violate constitutionally protected speech. Nonetheless, Megan’s legal professional, Mari Henderson, replied to Lanez’s statements, emphasizing that Lanez, who’s convicted of a violent crime in opposition to Megan, continues to contest a protecting order in opposition to him.
She instructed the outlet, “It’s delusional {that a} felon convicted of a violent crime for taking pictures a sufferer after which additional harassing her is even contesting a request for a protecting order and we’re assured the court docket will act to guard the sufferer.”
A preliminary court docket listening to on Megan Thee Stallion’s momentary restraining order request in opposition to Tory Lanez is anticipated on January 9, 2025.
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