Megan Thee Stallion's former assistant and friend will testify she saw Tory Lanez fire the gun that wounded Megan in 2020, according to the prosecutor's opening statement at Lanez's felony assault trial on Monday. Our report:
Megan Thee Stallion arrives to the 2022 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022.assault trial opened in Los Angeles on Monday with prosecutors revealing for the first time that key witness Kelsey Harris will testify that she saw Lanez fire the semiautomatic 9mm handgun that woundedHarris was Megan’s best friend and assistant at the time, and her first-person account is considered crucial considering Lanez disputes Megan’s claim she saw him pointing the gun.
“Kelsey will tell you that she just saw her close friend get shot by the defendant,” Los Angeles County Assistant District Attorney Alexander Bott told jurors in his opening statement, adding that Harris rushed to Megan’s side as the “Savage” rapper lay bleeding in a random driveway in the Hollywood Hills. Bott said Harris will testify she freaked out when Lanez approached the two women after he fired five shots.
“Kelsey, she’ll tell you she didn’t know if the defendant still had this gun. She didn’t know what the defendant was capable of, if he was going to continue his assault. Her defensive instincts kicked into gear, and she approached the defendant. She’ll tell you the defendant physically assaulted her at that point. He pulled her by her hair, and he either punched her or slapped her.”
According to Bott, Megan and Harris were “terrified” at the scene when they both agreed to get back into the car before it was pulled over a short time later. Bott then told jurors that Harris sent three highly critical text messages to Megan’s bodyguard Justin Edison in the five minutes following the shooting.
“Help,” Harris texted Edison at 4:27 a.m. on July 12, 2020, according to a visual of the text chain shown on a screen in the courtroom on Monday. “Tory Shot Meg,” the next line read. “911,” the third bubble read.
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