Tory Lanez plans appeal alleging evidence may not have been turned over at trial

Tory Lanez is seeking freedom from prison as his attorney alleges records in Megan Thee Stallion's civil defamation suit revealed that there may have been evidence that was never turned over during his 2022 shooting trial.

Tory Lanez is seeking freedom from prison as his attorney alleges records in Megan Thee Stallion's civil defamation suit revealed that there may have been evidence that was never turned over during his 2022 shooting trial.

“I believe not only that I was wrongfully convicted, but the amount of new evidence that has emerged since that trial, I think, has been overwhelming,” Lanez told NBC News on Wednesday in his first broadcast interview from behind bars.

Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, is serving a 10-year prison sentence. Megan Thee Stallion, born Megan Pete, testified that Peterson shot her in the foot in July 2020 as they were leaving a party hosted by Kylie Jenner in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.

He has maintained his innocence since the incident came to light in 2020.

California’s Second District Court of Appeal denied Lanez’s appeal last month after it found “no ineffective assistance of counsel or prejudicial trial court error.” But his legal team said Wednesday it plans to file a new appeal, to the California Supreme Court, which would include allegations of a Brady violation.