LOS ANGELES — Megan Thee Stallion was obtained a restraining order of imprisoned rapper Tory Lanez until the early 2030s.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom on Thursday granted Megan’s request for protection order after the hip-hop star alleged that Lanez harassed her from prison through surrogates while he serving a 10 year sentence For shoot him in the feet.
The order was granted after a hearing. Michael Hayden, Lanez’s attorney, wrote in an objection to the request for a restraining order that his client’s incarceration means there is “no longer any form of present or future threat.” to Megan and there has been no direct contact between the two recently.
A summary of Thursday’s hearing says Bloom concluded that Megan’s lawyers met the burden of proof to extend a temporary restraining order until Jan. 9, 2030.
Hayden did not immediately return a message seeking comment Friday.
Megan obtained the temporary order in November after she alleged that Lanez, a Canadian rapper whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was using third parties to continue to harass her online.
The petition says call logs from the California Correctional Facility in Tehachapi show Lanez coordinating attacks on Megan’s credibility, including making false claims that the gun and bullet fragments in the case have disappeared.
As of December 2022, Lanez was convicted of three crimes: assault with a semi-automatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
A judge denied a motion for a new trial by Lanez’s lawyers, who are appealing his conviction.
Megan testified During the trial, Lanez fired the gun at the back of her feet and yelled at her to dance as she walked away from an SUV they were riding in while leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home .
Megan, 29, was already a rising star at the time of filming, and the popularity of her music has soared since then. She won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2021 and earned a No. 1 single with “Savage,” featuring Beyoncéand as a guest on Cardi B “WAP.”
Lanez, 32, began releasing mixtapes in 2009 and enjoyed growing popularity, moving on to major label albums. His last two reached the top 10 on the Billboard charts.
