Tory Lanez has flaunted the fact that he’s currently under house arrest following an alleged fight between him and August Alsina.
Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) has been sentenced to house arrest until his long-delayed trial relating to his shooting case involving Megan Thee Stallion begins on November 28.
The house arrest order came as a result of an alleged scuffle that transpired in Chicago between Lanez and August Alsina, which the latter said kicked off when the former got mad he didn’t “dap him up or shake his hand.”
Alsina was photographed with a bloodied mouth and hands, and the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office confirmed shortly after that they were investigating the incident.
On Tuesday (November 8) the Chixtape singer posted a captionless picture to his Instagram Story that merely showed him donning some flip-flops and his ankle monitor.
Prosecutors argued during the hearing on October 26 that Tory be “remanded to custody” because they believed his alleged fight with Alsina violated his bail provisions. The prosecution also claimed that he posed a “threat to public safety.” A judge sentenced him to house arrest because Alsina hadn’t pressed charges.
Tory Lanez has denied any altercation with the Testimony singer.Greg Risling, assistant chief of media relations at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, told USA TODAY the court made the decision to place Lanez under house arrest Wednesday following allegations he assaulted singer August Alsina in Chicago last month.
According to CBS Los Angeles, the prosecution filed a motion to have Lanez, 30, brought into custody without bail, arguing he is a danger to society with a pattern of defying court orders. House arrest for Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, begins Monday and lasts until his jury trial, which starts Nov. 28, Risling said.
USA TODAY has reached out to lawyers for Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion for comment.
Prosecutors allege in the criminal complaint that Lanez fired at Megan Thee Stallion (real name Megan Pete) after she got out of an SUV during an argument in Hollywood Hills in July 2020 and "inflicted great bodily injury" on her. Authorities charged the rapper with felony assault in October 2020 and he pleaded not guilty that November. If convicted, Lanez faces a maximum sentence of roughly 23 years. Los Angeles police initially reported the incident only as shots fired, a woman with foot injuries, and a man arrested on a weapons allegation.
But Pete revealed a few days later that her foot injuries came from gunshots, and a month later said in an Instagram video it was Lanez who fired them. She slowly revealed more via social media in subsequent weeks.
The day after he was charged, Lanez tweeted "the truth will come to the light" and "a charge is not a conviction."
In April 2022, Lanez was handcuffed and taken into custody for violating a protective order preventing him from contacting or harassing Megan Thee Stallion, 27, or sharing pretrial information from the case. The rapper posted bail and was released several hours later.
While Lanez didn't directly contact Megan Thee Stallion, Judge David Herriford said some of his tweets appeared to be clear messages to her, and he ordered Lanez not to mention her in any social media posts. (Read More Here).
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