Megan Thee Stallion Dismisses ‘New Evidence’ in Lanez Shooting Case, Calls Out Harassment

Megan Thee Stallion on Monday dismissed what Tory Lanez’s legal team calls “new evidence” in his 2020 shooting case and rebuked ongoing harassment — days after Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, was stabbed 14 times in prison.

On TikTok, Megan — born Megan Pete — demanded an end to “living this s--t over and over.” “Facts are facts, he did it, it was proven in court,” she wrote. “Tory, you shot me ! ! ! Ain’t no new f---ing evidence. Y’all been saying the same s--- for years.”

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion reacts on TikTok to alleged “new evidence” in Tory Lanez’s shooting case—urging fans to stop “harassing” her just days after Lanez survived a stabbing in prison. (Courtesy TikTok/theestallion)

Lanez’s lawyers last week filed an amended criminal‐defamation claim hinging on testimony from a former bodyguard. That witness alleges he overheard Kelsey Harris — Megan’s onetime friend — admit to handling the gun the night Pete was shot in July 2020. 

The filing comes on the heels of Lanez’s May 12 stabbing at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, where inmate Santino Casio — serving life for murder — allegedly slashed him in the face, torso, back and head. Observers say the attack may have spurred Lanez’s team to renew efforts to contest his conviction.

Megan has consistently declined to revisit that night. Her TikTok salvo continued: “At what point are y’all gonna stop making me have to re-live being shot by Tory !? At what point are Tory and y’all fans gonna stop lying? Like, how much is the check to keep harassing me? Leave me TF alone ! ! !”

In December 2022, Lanez was found guilty of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after a dispute outside a Hollywood Hills party. He’s serving a 10-year state sentence — eligible for parole in 2029 — and faces dozens of civil suits from shooting‐related claimants.

Megan’s post closed on gratitude: despite the pain, “I’m good spirits and deeply thankful to God that I’m pulling through,” she said, echoing the Instagram update Lanez’s team issued from his hospital bed after the prison attack.

Watch: Netflix Doc Revisits Fatal Crowd Surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld

The poster for Netflix’s Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, a new documentary examining the fatal 2021 crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Houston festival. (Courtesy Netflix)

Netflix is set to revisit one of live music’s darkest nights with Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, the latest installment in its Trainwreck documentary series. The film, premiering June 10, retraces the November 2021 crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston that left 10 concertgoers dead and hundreds more injured.

Directed by Emmy winner Leslie Chilcott, Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy draws on interviews with survivors, paramedics and festival staff to provide an unflinching look at how a record-breaking crowd overwhelmed safety measures.

The newly released trailer begins with the festival’s electric build-up: “He’s the messiah of music,” one fan intones, while another recalls the “unparalleled experience” of Scott’s live shows. Tickets for the sold-out event vanished in 30 minutes, underscoring its feverish appeal to Houston’s youth.

But jubilation gives way to panic. As gates opened, onlookers describe “overwhelming chaos” at entry points, and an attendee recalls feeling “your whole body move forward” in a surging mass. Narration warns of a “wave effect” that turned celebration into catastrophe. Distressing audio — including frantic 911 calls and pleas to stop the show — punctuates the trailer, as a reporter grimly observes, “People are dead and hundreds others hurt.”

The preview also raises pointed questions about festival management: “You guys were in charge of this. What was the failure?” One survivor, speaking on camera for the first time, says he “never spoke about it before” but now wants “people to know the truth.”

The tragedy has spawned more than 2,500 civil lawsuits alleging negligence and inadequate crowd control. While Scott has settled several claims, dozens remain pending, and Texas prosecutors continue to review potential criminal charges tied to the disaster.

Watch the trailer below.

Convicted Murderer Accused Of Stabbing Tory Lanez

California Department of Corrections

A fellow inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi has been identified as the man accused of stabbing rapper Tory Lanez 14 times early Monday morning, authorities confirmed.

The assailant, 42-year-old Santino Casio, was booked into the prison’s restricted housing unit pending an investigation by the CCI Investigative Services Unit and notification of the state Inspector General’s office.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Casio attacked Daystar Peterson —better known as Tory Lanez — at approximately 7:20 a.m. on May 12 while both men were in a CCI housing unit. Correctional staff immediately intervened, called 911 and began rendering first aid before Peterson was rushed by ambulance to a nearby civilian hospital. He was listed in fair condition.

 

Tory Lanez

In a post to his Instagram account, Peterson’s legal team said he sustained seven stab wounds to his back, four to his torso, two to the back of his head and one to the left side of his face. “Both of his lungs collapsed, and he was placed on a breathing apparatus,” the statement read. “He is now breathing on his own. Despite being in pain, he is talking normally, in good spirits, and deeply thankful to God that he is pulling through. He also wants to thank everyone for their continued prayers and support.”

Casio was transferred to CCI from Los Angeles County on Feb. 10, 2004, after receiving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, personal use of a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury. His record includes a six-year in-prison term, imposed Jan. 3, 2008, for assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon, and a two-year term, imposed June 12, 2018, for possession or manufacture of a deadly weapon by a prisoner.

LA District Attorney's Office press release on Tory Lanez guilty verdict.

"Women, especially Black women, are afraid to report crimes like assault and sexual violence because they are too often not believed."https://t.co/uQ1HEFyhV8 pic.twitter.com/i7fr5OlVix

— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) December 24, 2022

Peterson arrived at CCI on Sept. 19, 2023, following his Aug. 8, 2023, sentencing to 10 years in state prison for assault with a semiautomatic firearm — stemming from the July 2020 shooting that wounded fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion — and related weapons charges.

As the investigation continues, CDCR has placed Casio in segregation “to ensure the safety and security of the institution,” spokesperson Jennifer Shaffer said. The department declined to specify a motive for the attack.