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

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Megan Thee Stallion’s erstwhile champion person Kelsey Harris took the witnesser basal astatine Tory Lanez’s felony battle proceedings Wednesday arsenic prosecutors revealed she gave a bombshell recorded interrogation successful September claiming Lanez threatened to sprout her wrong a Cadillac Escalade earlier helium allegedly opened occurrence connected Megan.

Prosecutors played snippets of the interrogation during Harris’ combative grounds arsenic she confirmed she gave the elaborate connection 3 months agone but claimed the damaging relationship was “not accurate” and that she was “not truthful” that time to “protect” herself.

Sitting steps distant from a assemblage successful a Los Angeles courtroom, Harris testified that she could nary longer callback the alleged menace from Lanez wrong the SUV and nary longer remembered seeing him holding a weapon oregon firing astatine Megan during an alcohol-fueled combat connected July 12, 2020.

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

Harris, 27, agreed she made the connection during the sit-down interrogation successful September, but erstwhile Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta asked her to picture the alleged menace for the jury, she clammed up and claimed “some of those things I stated, they were not accurate.”

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

When prosecutors confronted her with her recorded connection claiming she saw Lanez “aiming the weapon consecutive but ever successful a downward absorption toward Megan,” Harris reversed people again and said she didn’t witnesser the shooting.

She said a premix of anxiety, postpartum issues and grief related to the decease of idiosyncratic adjacent to her made it hard for her to retrieve details and adjacent absorption connected the questions of her nonstop introspection Wednesday.

Still, she said it was preposterous for the defence to assertion she’s the 1 who opened occurrence connected Megan, wounding the “Savage” rapper successful some feet during the roadside quality combat 2 years ago.

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“I mean, it’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous,” Harris testified successful the courtroom successful downtown Los Angeles — a time aft Megan told jurors she saw Lanez constituent the weapon astatine her and fire.

Harris was expected to beryllium a cardinal witnesser successful the high-profile lawsuit due to the fact that she’s the lone different close-proximity eyewitness to the events starring up to the shooting who’s confirmed to attest astatine the proceedings beyond Megan herself. During opening statements, prosecutors said she would corroborate the assertion that Lanez, whose ineligible sanction is Daystar Peterson, was the triggerman.

She was considered a wildcard up of the proceedings due to the fact that she was notably tight-lipped implicit the past 2 years and has go estranged from Megan contempt their erstwhile seven-year friendship.

When she archetypal walked into the courtroom Wednesday, she was accompanied by transgression lawyer Daniel A. Nardoni. The lawyer said Harris planned to asseverate her Fifth Amendment close against self-incrimination. Judge David Herriford said helium conducted an in-chambers proceeding connected the substance and determined Harris’ concerns were “legitimate.” Prosecutors past said they would connection her “use immunity” for her testimony, and she was sworn successful arsenic a witness.

“I don’t attraction to beryllium present today,” Harris told Ta minutes into her examination. She called the proceedings a “triggering situation,” saying she’s suffering from “anxiety” and dealing with the commencement of a kid and a caller death. “I conscionable don’t privation to beryllium here.”

She past took purpose astatine Megan.

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

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

“There were,” Harris replied.

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

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

Peterson, 30, sat astatine the defence array during her testimony. The “Luv” vocalist has pleaded not blameworthy to 3 felony charges alleging helium changeable Megan with a semiautomatic 9mm handgun, causing large bodily injury; concealed a loaded, unregistered firearm successful a vehicle; and discharged a firearm with gross negligence.

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

Dressed successful a achromatic ensemble with her hairsbreadth successful a bun, Harris told jurors she and Megan met Tory Lanez astatine a Roc Nation adjacent successful 2020 and became friends. She said Megan tried to acceptable her up with Tory astatine first. But past she caught Covid and was location successful Houston for 2 oregon 3 months. She believes the “dynamic” betwixt Megan and Tory changed portion she was away.

She past described the gathering astatine Kylie Jenner’s location that preceded the shooting. She said everyone was playing brew pong and “having fun,” but she described Megan’s demeanor arsenic being “drunk” and “a small off.”

She said astatine immoderate constituent aft she passed retired inside, Peterson arrived astatine the mansion. Asked however Peterson was acting, she said, “Tory’s doing his happening — being Tory, flirting.”

“Who was helium flirting with,” Ta asked.

“He was flirting with Kylie,” she replied.

Harris testified erstwhile Megan said she was acceptable to leave, the 2 women departed with Peterson’s driver, leaving Peterson behind. (When Megan testified Tuesday, she disputed this detail, saying Peterson’s operator refused to permission the spot without his client.)

Harris said soon aft she and Megan near Jenner’s location the archetypal time, Megan told the operator she forgot a “slipper,” truthful they returned.

She said Megan went wrong alone, and “apparently a combat oregon thing happened.”

“She rushed retired with Tory,” she testified. “She was like, ‘Bitch, Kylie said we got to get the fuck out.’ I was like, ‘I’m confused.’”

She said the trio past climbed into Peterson’s Cadillac Escalade with the driver, Jauquan Smith, wherever everyone started arguing.

“The statement that took spot wrong carried on,” she said, declining to get specific. “There was truthful overmuch going backmost and forth, sanction calling (between) maine and Megan, Tory and Megan, Tory and Me, Megan and Tory.”

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

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

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

“I don’t cognize what’s going on,” she said. “He’s conscionable saying that they had a narration , they were having a relationship. An statement ensues and conscionable continues. Me and her are arguing astir her disloyalty.”

She said “a batch of name-calling” broke out, with everyone “taking jabs astatine each other.” She recalled telling prosecutors that Peterson called the women “bitches” and “hoes.”

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

“Do you retrieve successful this interrogation with (another prosecutor) and myself, that you mentioned helium threatened to sprout you?” Ta asked.

“Do I person to reply that?” Harris said, looking astatine the judge.

“Yes,” Judge David Herriford said.

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

“And this was successful the car, correct?” Ta asked.

“Yes,” she replied.

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

“Can I instrumentality my 5th?” Harris replied, leaving the basal to talk with her lawyer. When she returned, Harris again invoked her close against self-incrimination.

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

“I don’t privation to beryllium here,” Harris responded.