By Ian Youngs
Entertainment & arts reporter
Megan Thee Stallion has said she volition "never beryllium the same" aft being changeable successful the feet by chap rap prima Tory Lanez, arsenic a justice prepares to condemnation him.
Megan, a triple Grammy Award winner, wrote a unfortunate interaction connection that was work successful tribunal connected the archetypal time of the sentencing proceeding connected Monday.
She told his proceedings past twelvemonth that Lanez changeable her successful an statement portion leaving a enactment astatine Kylie Jenner's location successful 2020.
Prosecutors person asked the justice to springiness Lanez a 13-year jailhouse sentence.
His lawyers argued helium should conscionable get probation and a cause attraction programme. He is expected to beryllium sentenced aboriginal connected Tuesday.
On Monday, Megan's connection was work successful tribunal by Los Angeles County's lawman territory attorney. "Since I was viciously changeable by the defendant, I person not experienced a azygous time of peace," it said, according to US media.
"Slowly but surely, I'm healing and coming back, but I volition ne'er beryllium the same."
The prima said she struggled with whether to springiness the connection successful person, but "simply could not bring myself to beryllium successful a country with Tory again".
Megan, 28, said she had been "tormented and terrorised", adding that she "spiralled to a dark, aggravated place" erstwhile Lanez mocked her trauma. "His transgression warrants the afloat value of the law," she said.
Lanez, existent sanction Daystar Peterson, has had 7 US apical 10 albums successful the past 7 years. Megan told the proceedings that Lanez opened occurrence aft she mocked his philharmonic talents.
Other witnesses who spoke connected Monday included Lanez's father, who talked emotionally astir the effect connected his lad of the decease of his parent erstwhile helium was 11, and a situation chaplain, who said Lanez had been starring regular supplication groups.
The 31-year-old has been successful custody since being recovered blameworthy successful December of battle with a semi-automatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm successful a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
The justice said helium had received much than 70 letters successful enactment of Lanez from his household and friends, including rapper Iggy Azalea, who called for a condemnation that would beryllium "transformative, not life-destroying".
The shooting happened erstwhile the brace near Jenner's location with his bodyguard and her person and adjunct Kelsey Harris successful an SUV successful the aboriginal hours of 12 July 2020.
Megan, existent sanction Megan Pete, told the tribunal she got into an statement with Lanez implicit their erstwhile intersexual relationship. The enactment escalated and led to the brace insulting each other's careers.
She said she demanded to beryllium fto retired of the vehicle, astatine which constituent Lanez started shooting astatine the crushed and shouted astatine her to "dance".
But Lanez has maintained his innocence, with his lawyers suggesting Ms Harris whitethorn person changeable her person aft discovering the narration due to the fact that she had a "crush" connected him and was jealous.
Ms Harris denied that. However, connected the witnesser basal she backtracked connected erstwhile statements that Lanez was the shooter, alternatively telling the proceedings she did not spot who changeable Megan.
Bitter dispute
Megan initially told constabulary she injured her feet by stepping connected breached solid but aboriginal revealed she had been shot, and the quality continued connected societal media and successful the pair's songs.
Fans of the 2 stars - and immoderate celebrated names successful the hip-hop satellite - besides took sides arsenic they disagreed astir who was telling the truth.
In Elle mag successful April, Megan called the blameworthy verdict "a triumph for each pistillate who has ever been shamed, dismissed, and blamed for a convulsive transgression committed against them".
"We can't power what others think, particularly erstwhile the lies are juicier than the truth," she said.