Rapper Tory Lanez‘s defense team has launched a new website featuring what they claim is “suppressed evidence” in his shooting case against Megan Thee Stallion.
Lanez is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of shooting the hip-hop star in the foot nearly five years ago after a party in the Hollywood Hills. But according to Lanez and his legal team, “inconsistencies, unreliable testimony and missing evidence” prove that he’s innocent.
Among the alleged suppressed evidence on the site, 36hourslater.com, is police bodycam footage in which Megan claims she “wasn’t shot” but instead injured herself after stepping on broken glass the night of the confrontation. Authorities at the crime scene appear to believe that may have been the case.
The website also cites an eyewitness saying he saw Megan violently fighting with her friend Kelsey Harris, which began inside a Cadillac Escalade and spilled out into the street. Lanez allegedly remained inside the SUV during the quarrel until gunshots were heard. He then got out of the vehicle and attempted to take the weapon away, his lawyers say.
The gun linked to the shooting was introduced as evidence in the case against Lanez. The new site states only 0.01% of the DNA found on the firearm matched that of Lanez, meaning “there is no way Tory fired the gun five times.”
Female DNA was found on the gun and Harris allegedly tested positive for gunshot residue, but her DNA was never tested against the gun.
Medical records shared on the site also offer conflicting views on what happened. Lanez’s legal team say three different doctors analyzed Megan’s injuries, with only one saying they resulted from a gunshot wound. None of those doctors were called to testify in court.
Lanez has maintained that he was “wrongfully convicted,” while Megan has long upheld her version of events. She admitted she didn’t tell police the full story right away because she “didn’t want us to get in no more trouble.”
She eventually accused Lanez of shooting her over a month after the incident amid online speculation that she had assaulted him that night.
Megan has since said she worries what will happen when Lanez completes his prison sentence. In January, the 30-year-old Grammy Award winner was granted a restraining order against Lanez after claiming he was harassing her from behind bars.
