Canadian singer and rapper Tory Lanez is recovering but has been transferred to another facility after he was repeatedly stabbed by an inmate at the California Correctional Institution (CCI) in Tehachapi on May 12.
TMZ in a report on Thursday, May 22, confirmed that Lanez, born Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, had been moved from the CCI to California Men’s Colony (CMC) for safety reasons.
Lanez’s representatives in a previous statement on Instagram claimed that the convicted 32-year-old was “stabbed 14 times – including 7 wounds to his back, 4 to his torso, 2 to the back of his head, and 1 to the left side of his face.” The statement also claimed the Jerry Sprunger singer’s “lungs collapsed, and he was placed on a breathing apparatus.”
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The inmate who stabbed him was later identified as Santino Casio.
In an interview with the entertainment news outlet, Lanez’s attorney, Crystal Morgan, said that despite suffering serious injuries, the Say It singer was on the mend. But Morgan stated that Lanez was not too pleased with his transfer from the California Correctional Institution to the California Men’s Colony.
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Lanez being transferred from the California Correctional Institution came after photos that were recently circulated on social media implied he was settling down at that facility.
As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Lanez shot female rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during an argument after they left a pool party hosted at reality star Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood mansion in July 2020. Megan, whose real name is Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, had to undergo surgery to remove bullet fragments from her foot following the shooting.
Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty on three gun-related charges in the shooting. He was convicted of three felonies: assault with a semi-automatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
Lanez has, however, maintained his innocence, and his legal team is still pushing for his release from prison and trying to get California Governor Gavin Newsom to grant him a pardon. His legal team also claims they have discovered new and unsubstantiated evidence.
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