Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a five-year restraining order against Tory Lanez after tearfully testifying before a Los Angeles judge that she’s scared he’ll “shoot me again” when released from prison.
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In recent months, Megan and her lawyers have alleged that Lanez continues to “terrorize her” with a “campaign of harassment” even as he sits behind bars, through a third party “mouthpiece and puppet.” Submitting a petition alleging that prison call logs at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi show that Lanez has been coordinating attacks on her credibility.
The restraining order ruling came after Megan, who emotionally fought back tears, expressed to Judge Richard Bloom that she hasn’t “been at peace since I was shot” and is “just tired of being harassed.”
“It just seems like I have to relive it every day. The person who shot me won’t let me forget it,” Megan told the judge via livestream video conference. “I’m scared that when he gets out of jail he’s going to still be upset with me… I feel like maybe he’ll shoot me again and maybe this time I won’t make it.”
Judge Bloom issued the order from the bench, granting Megan a civil restraining order that will bar Lanez from any harassing conduct for the next five years. Saying that Megan had shown a “credible threat of violence” and other potential wrongdoing that “seriously harasses the petitioner and serves no lawful purpose.” The order bars a wide range of conduct, including any contact or harassment through any means.
“We have a shooting that took place … and with a violent act like that there’s a ripple effect that continues on,” he added. “In some cases, it may be small ripples that go away with time, and in other cases, it could be ripples that grow with time. Ms. Pete’s testimony here seems to make clear that the ripple effect here has been significant.”
The court also heard Lanez’s attorney Michael Hayden argue that his client was “not threatening the petitioner in any way.” Instead, insisting that Megan was simply upset about criticism from internet bloggers with “their own independent minds” who Lanez cannot control. Additionally warning that such a restraining order would violate the First Amendment.
In response Megan refuted the claim, saying she was “not trying to take anyone’s free speech away” but rather to stop Lanez from continuing to drive harmful harassment from behind the scenes. “I understand that being a public figure comes with hearing a lot of people from all over the world talk about you,” she told the judge. “The problem that I have is that the man that shot me is orchestrating other people and paying people… to put out lies and smear campaigns against me.”
Convicted in 2022 on three felony counts over the violent incident that happened in July 2020, when a drunken argument after leaving a party in the Hollywood Hills escalated to him shooting at Megan’s feet, Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2023.