{"id":30511,"date":"2025-05-19T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=30511"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:30:13","slug":"calls-intensify-for-tory-lanezs-release-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/05\/19\/calls-intensify-for-tory-lanezs-release-from-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls intensify for Tory Lanez’s release from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Calls are mounting for Canadian singer, Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, popularly known as Tory Lanez to be released from prison.<\/div>\n
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A <\/span>wave <\/span>of <\/span>public <\/span>support <\/span>has <\/span>emerged, <\/span>with <\/span>celebrities <\/span>like <\/span>Drake <\/span>and <\/span>Amber <\/span>Rose <\/span>sharing <\/span>a <\/span>petition <\/span>demanding <\/span>Lanez\u2019s <\/span>release <\/span>from <\/span>prison. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The 33-year-old is currently serving a 10-year prison term for shooting Grammy award winning American rapper, Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.<\/div>\n
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In <\/span>a <\/span>dramatic <\/span>turn <\/span>of <\/span>events, <\/span>Lanez\u2019s <\/span>lawyer, <\/span>Walter <\/span>Roberts, <\/span>has <\/span>introduced <\/span>new <\/span>claims <\/span>suggesting <\/span>that <\/span>Megan\u2019s <\/span>former <\/span>friend <\/span>and <\/span>assistant, Kelsey Harris, may <\/span>have <\/span>been <\/span>the <\/span>one <\/span>who <\/span>pulled <\/span>the <\/span>trigger <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>night <\/span>in <\/span>question.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According <\/span>to <\/span>Roberts, <\/span>a <\/span>member <\/span>of <\/span>Harris\u2019s <\/span>security <\/span>team <\/span>recently <\/span>came <\/span>forward, <\/span>stating <\/span>his <\/span>conscience <\/span>could <\/span>no <\/span>longer <\/span>allow <\/span>him <\/span>to <\/span>stay <\/span>silent <\/span>while <\/span>an <\/span>innocent <\/span>Black <\/span>man <\/span>sits <\/span>in <\/span>prison <\/span>for <\/span>a <\/span>crime <\/span>he <\/span>didn\u2019t <\/span>commit.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Walter Roberts, lead consultant on Tory Lanez appeals team, says The New York Post reached out to Los Angeles District Attorney, Megan Thee Stallion & her team at Jay Z\u2019s Roc Nation, and Kelsey Harris & her team \u2014 about new information naming Kelsey as the shooter of Megan..\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ZdJf39friF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 HarrietEve9 (@HarrietEve9) May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Tory Lanez allegedly took <\/span>the <\/span>fall <\/span>to <\/span>protect <\/span>Harris <\/span>and <\/span>shield <\/span>her <\/span>from <\/span>prosecution. <\/span>In <\/span>what <\/span>is <\/span>said <\/span>to <\/span>be <\/span>a <\/span>leaked <\/span>text <\/span>exchange <\/span>with <\/span>media <\/span>personality <\/span>Jason <\/span>Lee.<\/span><\/div>\n
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“I took the rap for Kelsey, never wanted her to go to jail and I never wanted Megan to get hurt or anything, so in me stopping her from getting shot I got the raw deal. Crazy how life works and to think they made me the poster boy for the un-protection of Black women. When in all honesty I protected two Black women,\u201d said Lanez in\u00a0the alleged exchange with podcaster Jason Lee.<\/div>\n
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These <\/span>revelations <\/span>follow <\/span>shocking <\/span>reports <\/span>that <\/span>Lanez <\/span>was <\/span>recently stabbed 14\u00a0<\/span>times while <\/span>incarcerated <\/span>at <\/span>the <\/span>California <\/span>Correctional <\/span>Institution <\/span>in <\/span>Tehachapi.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The rapper had to be airifted and taken to hospital with collapsed lungs.<\/div>\n
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Scores of fans and celebrity fans have rallied behind the rapper demanding his release as concerns intensify over his safety behind bars.<\/div>\n
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One day you\u2019re making statements about Tory Lanez needing to be freed, next day you\u2019re in prison. pic.twitter.com\/BeS6UN594y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Zodiac Monarch (@TheZodiacHeir) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ty Dolla Sign shares petition to pardon Tory Lanez. pic.twitter.com\/TP2noRujip<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Losers everywhere. pic.twitter.com\/Kioug9t5TM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 K E I S H (@MikeishaDache) May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Amber Rose shares petition to pardon Tory Lanez:<\/p>\n

\u201cHis DNA WAS NOT ON THE GUN AT ALL!!!\u201d pic.twitter.com\/fjvvwtzHkA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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