Megan Thee Stallion's Ex-Assistant Said Tory Lanez Threatened Her With Gun in Car: Prosecutors



By Nancy Dillon

Megan Thee Stallion’s erstwhile pleasant buddy Kelsey Harris took the witnesser basal astatine Tory Lanez’s transgression onslaught proceedings Wednesday arsenic prosecutors discovered she gave a bombshell recorded interrogation successful September claiming Lanez threatened to sprout her interior a Cadillac Escalade earlier helium allegedly opened fireplace connected Megan.

Prosecutors performed snippets of the interrogation during Harris’ combative grounds arsenic she showed she gave the nonstop assertion 3 months successful the past nevertheless claimed the harmful relationship became “no longer accurate” and that she changed into “now not straightforward” that time to “defend” herself.

Sitting steps faraway from a assemblage successful a Los Angeles courtroom, Harris testified that she should not don't hide the alleged menace from Lanez wrong the SUV and not remembered seeing him conserving a weapon oregon firing astatine Megan astatine immoderate signifier successful an alcohol-fueled combat connected July 12, 2020.

In 1 information of the signaling played for jurors, Harris changed into heard telling prosecutors that erstwhile Lanez allegedly said, “I’ll sprout you,” helium past “reached similar helium changed into going to prehend something” from the SUV’s halfway console.

Harris, 27, agreed she made the announcement successful September, but erstwhile Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta requested her to picture the alleged accidental for the jury, she clammed up and claimed “a fig of the ones things I stated, they were present not accurate.”

“The nighttime clip was a blur. We had been nether the influence,” she said connected the witnesser stand.

When prosecutors confronted her unneurotic with her recorded announcement claiming she noticed Lanez “aiming the weapon straight but usually successful a downward way towards Megan,” Harris reversed way erstwhile much and stated she didn’t witnesser the taking pictures.

She stated a premix of anxiety, postpartum problems and grief associated with the dying of a idiosyncratic adjacent to her made it pugnacious for her to instrumentality into relationship accusation and adjacent consciousness astatine the questions of her nonstop introspection Wednesday.

“What’s occurring with you today?” Ta requested aft Harris claimed she couldn’t instrumentality into relationship Megan being injured and bleeding profusely wrong the backseat of the Escalade. “What passed disconnected betwixt September and these days? … In September portion you spoke with us, you gave america rather a fewer elaborate statements astir what came about, right?”

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Harris answered, “Yes, ma’am.”

“What passed disconnected betwixt September and nowadays which you forgot everything?” Ta requested.

“I advised you what I’m going via,” Harris said.

But Harris did idiosyncratic arsenic overmuch arsenic sending the 3 strains of textual contented messages to Megan’s bodyguard that read, “Help / Tory changeable meg / 911,” wrong 5 minutes of the capturing. She stated it turned into based wholly connected “assumptions.”

Despite again and again asking Ta to repetition questions and announcing she turned into “zoning out” connected the witnesser stand, Harris was adamant she successful nary mode touched the gun, truthful it became preposterous for the defence to accidental she’s the lone who opened occurrence connected Megan, wounding the “Savage” rapper successful each ft during the roadside quality 2 years successful the past.

“I imply, it’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous,” Harris testified wrong the tribunal successful downtown Los Angeles — an day aft Megan advised jurors she noticed Lanez origin the weapon astatine her and hearth.

Harris was anticipated to beryllium a cardinal witnesser wrong the high-profile lawsuit due to the fact that she’s the astir effectual different near-proximity eyewitness to the activities starring up to the shooting who’s showed to attest astatine the proceedings past Megan herself. During opening statements, prosecutors said she would corroborate the state that Lanez, whose felony sanction is Daystar Peterson, turned into the triggerman.

She became taken into information a wildcard successful beforehand of the proceedings due to the fact that she was appreciably tight-lipped during the past 2 years and has crook retired to beryllium estranged from Megan nary substance their erstwhile seven-yr friendship.

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When she archetypal walked into the tribunal Wednesday, she changed into observed by crook lawyer Daniel A. Nardoni. The ineligible nonrecreational stated Harris planned to accidental her Fifth Amendment due successful absorption to self-incrimination. Judge David Herriford stated helium performed an in-chambers intending connected the occupation and decided Harris’ concerns were “valid.” Prosecutors past said they mightiness connection her “use immunity” for her testimony, and she was sworn successful arsenic a witness.

“I don’t attraction to beryllium present nowadays,” Harris informed Ta mins into her examination. She known arsenic the proceedings a “triggering situation,” pronouncing she’s stricken by “anxiety” and managing the commencement of a babe and a latest demise. “I conscionable don’t privation to beryllium close here.”

She past took extremity astatine Megan.

“She’s painted the photograph that I betrayed her, she’s painted the representation that I’m this atrocious individual, atrocious friend, that I took hush money. There are galore lies,” she testified.

Ta past requested Harris astir antithetic alleged lies. “Were determination accusations astir you having changeable Megan?” she requested.

“There person been,” Harris replied.

“How bash you consciousness astir them?” Ta inquired.

 “I mean, it’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous,” Harris stated.

Peterson, 30, sat astatine the defence array during her testimony. The “Luv” vocalist has pleaded present not liable to a fewer situation fees alleging helium changeable Megan with a semiautomatic 9mm handgun, causing singular bodily damage; concealed a loaded, unregistered firearm successful a car; and discharged a firearm with gross negligence.

If convicted arsenic charged, the Alone astatine Prom rapper is going done the anticipation of 22 years and 8 months successful situation and consequent deportation successful presumption that he’s a national of Canada.

Dressed successful a achromatic ensemble unneurotic with her hairsbreadth successful a bun, Harris advised jurors she and Megan met Peterson astatine a Roc Nation brunch successful 2020. She said Megan tried to acceptable her up with him astatine the beginning, and she oregon helium “engaged” successful courting with him that turned into “extra than a friendship.” But past she stuck Covid and go home successful Houston for 2 oregon 3 months. She believes the “dynamic” betwixt Megan and Peterson modified whilst she turned into away.

She past described the gathering astatine Kylie Jenner’s residence that preceded the capturing. She said each idiosyncratic became gambling brew pong and “having fun,” nevertheless she defined Megan’s demeanor arsenic being “under the power of alcohol” and “a spot off.”

She stated successful immoderate unspecified clip successful the aboriginal aft she passed retired inside, Peterson arrived astatine the mansion. Asked however Peterson turned into appearing, she stated, “Tory’s doing his origin — being Tory, flirting.”

“Who became helium flirting with?” Ta requested.

“He go flirting with Kylie,” she responded.

Harris testified erstwhile Megan said she became geared up to depart, the 2 girls departed with Peterson’s motive force, leaving Peterson behind. (When Megan testified Tuesday, she disputed this element, pronouncing Peterson’s driving unit refused to spell distant the assets with retired his client.)

Harris stated rapidly aft she and Megan near Jenner’s residence the superior time, Megan told the operator she forgot a “slipper,” successful bid that they returned.

She said Megan went interior alone, and “apparently a combat oregon immoderate happening occurred.”

“She rushed retired with Tory,” she testified. “She was like, ‘Bitch, Kylie stated we were fixed to get the fuck out.’ I became like, ‘I’m pressured.’”

She said the trio past climbed into Peterson’s Cadillac Escalade with the motive force, Jauquan Smith, successful which each of america started arguing.

“The statement that passed disconnected interior carried on,” she said, declining to get precise. “There turned into a batch going to and fro, telephone calling (among) maine and Megan, Tory and Megan, Tory and Me, Megan and Tory.”

Ta requested if Harris remembered Tory announcing thing to the effect of, “Megan, wherefore aren’t you telling your pal astir us?”

“Yes, ma’am,” she spoke back. “(Megan) go conscionable like, ‘Don’t perceive to him. Why are you telling her that?’”

Asked what her absorption changed into, Harris said she changed into “upset, careworn.” She testified she and Peterson had been intimate earlier than she caught Covid and went to Houston.

“I don’t cognize what’s occurring,” she said. “He’s simply saying that they'd a dating , they were having a dating. An statement ensues and simply maintains. Me and her are arguing astir her disloyalty.”

She said “a fig of call-calling” broke out, with each and sundry “taking jabs astatine each other.” She recalled telling prosecutors that Peterson called the girls “bitches” and “hoes.”

Then Ta began asking Harris astir her recorded interrogation with prosecutors successful September.

“Do you don't hide successful this interrogation with (any different prosecutor) and myself, which you mentioned helium threatened to sprout you?” Ta requested.

“Do I indispensable solution that?” Harris said, looking astatine the choose.

“Yes,” Judge David Herriford said.

“Um, sure, ma’am,” Harris responded, confirming she made the assertion Peterson threatened to sprout her.

“And this changed into successful the car, correct?” Ta requested.

“Yes,” she responded.

“What did helium do, and what did helium say?” Ta requested.

“Can I instrumentality my 5th?” Harris replied, leaving the basal to talk on with her ineligible professional. When she returned, Harris again invoked her due successful absorption to self-incrimination.

“Why don’t you privation to reply that question?” Ta requested.