Megan Thee Stallion asked a court Tuesday to issue a restraining order against Tory Lanez, who has been harassing her from prison through proxies while he serves a 10-year sentence for shooting her in the feet.
The petition filed by the hip-hop star in Los Angeles Superior Court asks the judge to stop Canadian rapper Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, from using third parties to commit the same online harassment of Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete, whom he hired and promoted before his incarceration.
“Even now, while behind bars, Mr. Peterson shows no signs of stopping,” the petition states. “Despite receiving a 10-year prison sentence for the shooting of Ms. Pete, Mr. Peterson continues to subject her to repeated trauma and revictimization.”
The petition states that recordings of Lanez's prison visits at the California State Correctional Institution in Tehachapi show him coordinating attacks on Megan's credibility.
An email seeking comment from Lanez's lawyers was not immediately returned.
A court hearing on the order is scheduled for January 9th.
The filing states that bloggers acting on behalf of Lanez continue to cast doubt on her allegations and make false claims, including that the gun and bullet fragments were missing from the case.
The petition states that the protective order to prevent prior harassment is no longer in effect, which represents a loophole and deficiency in the criminal justice system.
In December 2022, Lanez was convicted of three felonies: assault with a semi-automatic firearm; Carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and grossly negligent discharge of a firearm.
A judge rejected a request for a new trial from Lanez's lawyers, who had appealed his conviction.
He received the 10-year sentence in August last year, appearing to mark the conclusion of a three-year legal and cultural saga in which two careers and lives were thrown into turmoil.
The petition states that one blogger in particular, Elizabeth Milagro Cooper, who is suing Megan in a separate lawsuit, is acting as Lanez's “puppet and mouthpiece.” She claims Cooper is spreading falsehoods on social media and YouTube, saying in a video posted on X, “Can you even prove she was shot?” and calling her a “professional victim” in another post.
Cooper's attorney, Michael Pancier, declined comment on the California petition, saying in an email that her upcoming response to the separate federal lawsuit against her will speak for itself.
A previous motion to dismiss Megan's lawsuit said she was making “dubious legal claims” and “irrelevant and outrageous allegations.”
Megan testified during the trial that in July 2020, after they left a party at Kylie Jenner's home in the Hollywood Hills, Lanez fired the gun at the tops of her feet and shouted at her to dance as she walked away from an SUV , in which they had been riding.
Only months later did she reveal who had fired the gun.
The case caused an uproar in the hip hop community and raised issues including black victims' reluctance to speak to police, gender politics in hip hop, online toxicity, protecting black women and the effects of misogyny, one particular kind of misogyny experiences of black women.
Megan Thee Stallion, now 29, was already a major rising star at the time of the shooting, and the popularity of her music has skyrocketed since then. She won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2021 and had No. 1 singles with “Savage” featuring Beyoncé and guesting on Cardi B's “WAP.”
Lanez, 32, began releasing mixtapes in 2009 and experienced a steady rise in popularity that also extended to releasing albums on major labels.
His last two reached the top 10 on the Billboard charts.
