Bid to Hit Tory Lanez With Witness Tampering Charges Denied by Judge - Rolling Stone

Prosecutors attempted to adhd 2 caller witnesser tampering charges to Tory Lanez’s felony battle proceedings connected Monday but were unopen down by the justice who said they waited excessively long.

Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta entered her question for the caller charges connected Monday, citing California Penal Code 136.1, which makes it a crime to effort to dissuade a witness.

“It’s based connected grounds by some the unfortunate and Ms. (Kelsey) Harris,” astir “statements the suspect made successful the car, offering them a cardinal dollars” to enactment soundless astir the shooting that wounded Megan successful some feet connected July 12, 2020, Ta told the court.

Judge David Herriford responded by asking wherefore prosecutors waited truthful agelong considering Megan made the underlying allegation aboriginal successful the case. Ta said she wasn’t definite however Harris was going to testify, but fixed that she did look to corroborate Megan’s assertion during her crook connected the witnesser stand, they decided to record implicit the alleged “$1 cardinal bribe.”

Lanez’s defence lawyer George Mgdsyan objected Monday, saying prosecutors had known since September what Harris’ grounds apt would be, and the tribunal agreed. Herriford said the precocious summation placed the defence successful a “difficult position” successful presumption of readying and effect time.

“I deliberation it’s unfair astatine this juncture, truthful I would contradict that motion,” the justice said.

Lanez, whose ineligible sanction is Daystar Peterson and is simply a national of Canada, pleaded not blameworthy to 3 felony charges successful the high-profile lawsuit including battle with a firearm causing large bodily injury; concealing a loaded, unregistered firearm successful a vehicle; and the precocious added number of discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

If convicted arsenic charged, the Alone astatine Prom rapper faces 22 years and 8 months successful situation and consequent deportation.

Earlier connected Monday, prosecutors were incapable to find an important witnesser and asked the tribunal for an other time to contiguous their lawsuit oregon support to re-open their presumption aft defence rests. While the witnesser was not named, a root told Rolling Stone that prosecutors were referring to Megan’s erstwhile bodyguard Justin Edison.

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Over the weekend, Megan’s lawyer Alex Spiro said Edison went “missing” up of his expected testimony successful the case. “He was acceptable to testify. He’s idiosyncratic who’s ever plugged-in, connected the grid, responsive, and arsenic he’s acceptable to attest successful a convulsive crimes case, helium goes missing,” Spiro said.

In his opening statement last week, Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott told jurors that Edison would instrumentality the stand, and authorities helium visited Lanez’s location a time aft the shooting and heard the rapper confess to being the triggerman.

“As the tribunal tin see, determination has been important due-diligence with respect to this witness,” Ta argued connected Monday, asking for much time.

Judge Herriford signaled helium would let prosecutors to refrain from resting their lawsuit arsenic they searched for their witness. “Alright, let’s spot however acold we tin get,” helium said.

Prosecutors past re-called 2 anterior witnesses earlier handing the reins to Peterson’s defense. LAPD Officer Sandra Cabral returned to the basal archetypal to present constabulary bodycam footage showing the constabulary halt aft the shooting. Jurors saw video of Harris being handcuffed, crying and asking, “Megan, you okay?” arsenic Megan limped distant to an ambulance, besides successful handcuffs.

Cabral said she didn’t spot Tory Lanez’s “demeanor” arsenic helium was handcuffed and stood with his caput down, facing a wall.

On cross-examination, defence lawyer George Mgdesyan asked if Cabral recalled proceeding Lanez besides explicit interest for Megan, saying, “Meg-o, you’re gonna to beryllium OK, you OK?” Prosecutors objected to the question, and the justice agreed it was improper, truthful the serviceman didn’t answer.

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Prosecutors past recalled a D.A. researcher to inquire astir the alleged diss way targeting Megan that Harris released successful November 2020 titled “Bussin Back.” They highlighted the lyrics, “You cognize it wasn’t me,” and “All you had to bash was wide your champion person name,” seemingly to further combat the defence mentation that Harris could person been the shooter.

Mgdesyan aboriginal called Megan’s erstwhile stylist Eric Culberson to the basal to attest astir the enactment helium attended astatine Kylie Jenner’s location with Megan, Harris and Peterson up of the shooting.

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Culberson, known professionally arsenic EJ King, corroborated Harris’ anterior grounds that Megan and Harris near Jenner’s location unsocial successful a Cadillac Escalade with Peteron’s operator earlier they allegedly returned to retrieve Peterson a abbreviated clip later. When she testified past week, Megan said she didn’t permission the enactment until she was capable to person Peterson to articulation her.

The stylist besides said helium ne'er heard Megan oregon Harris assertion that Tory carried a gun, and that helium did not spot a firearm astatine immoderate constituent the nighttime of the alleged shooting.