The inmate who stabbed Tory Lanez has allegedly stated that he acted in self-defense.
Based on reports from TMZ, the suspect, Santino Casio, disclosed during a phone conversation that he’d been hearing gossip that the singer wanted to see him hurt. Casio alleged that after getting wind of these rumors he spotted Lanez and thought he noticed what appeared to be a weapon bulge in his pocket.
Due to this, Casio went after the rapper. Nevertheless, he insisted that he wasn’t actually attempting to kill Lanez, and that he too sustained a stab wound to his leg, which convinces him that the Canadian artist was indeed armed.
Casio stated that before the attack he maintained a positive relationship with Lanez since they occupied adjacent cells at California Correctional Institution.
Following being stabbed 14 times earlier this month, Tory Lanez has been transferred to a different prison facility in San Luis Obispo County.
Shortly after the incident, a non-profit organization called Unite the People alleged that recently discovered testimony from a bodyguard proves Lanez is innocent in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
The organization’s “lead consultant,” Walter Roberts, stated he was contacted by a man named Bradley James, who claimed he served as Kelsey Harris’ bodyguard, who was friends with Megan and was present during the shooting.
“Mr. James informed us he was working as the bodyguard and driver for Ms. Kelsey Harris during Mr. Peterson’s trial,” said Roberts during a press conference. “Mr. James informed us he was not under a non-disclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement and was free to speak with Unite the People and that he was doing it because his conscience would not let him not speak and leave a man in prison for something he did not do.”
In response to this, Megan’s lawyer Alex Spiro issued a statement about Lanez’ guilt. “Tory Lanez was tried and convicted by a jury of his peers and his case was properly adjudicated through the court system,” Spiro said. “This is not a political matter — this is a case of a violent assault that was resolved in the court of law.”
