During court today Tory Lanez pleaded with the judge by telling him: “Please don’t ruin my life…. I could be your son, your brother"

During court today Tory Lanez pleaded with the judge by telling him: “Please don’t ruin my life…. I could be your son, your brother.” 

The judge is set to make his ruling tomorrow morning. He continued: “Attorney Jose Baez and the Lanez team did file a motion disqualify Judge Herriford — I don’t know on what grounds we don’t have copies yet — but Herriford still issued his ruling. That matter will likely be heard outside the county at some point (and that’s also a very high bar.)

“There will be more in the afternoon: defense wanted to ask Herriford to confirm he’s denying their due process claims (not relevant at present) and a sentencing date could be set.”

“Tory Lanez motion for a new trial has been denied,” Queally tweeted. “We don’t have a sentencing date yet.” ABC News has reached out to Lanez's defense team for comment.

Lanez's attorneys, Jose Baez and Matthew Barhoma, filed a motion for a new trial in March, arguing in part that certain evidence presented at trial and some statements made by witnesses on the stand were prejudicial to their client, including an Instagram post where Lanez's verified account commented on the case and a photo of Lanez's gun tattoo. The motion, which was obtained by ABC News, also takes issue with the forensic testing and claims that Lanez's right to counsel of his choice was violated.

A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday denied Tory Lanez's request for a new trial, a ruling that follows the rapper's felony assault conviction from December 2022 in the shooting of fellow hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion, according to ABC news station in Los Angeles, KABC, which had a reporter in the courtroom.

A sentencing date has not been set, but Judge David Herriford of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California indicated during a hearing on April 17 that Lanez would be sentenced within 30 days of the decision on the motion for a new trial.

Judge Herriford, however, asked Barhoma and Baez why no one objected to the DNA during the trial. Barhoma answered by saying Holley told the court she was in the process of hiring her own DNA expert, but “that turned out to be false.” An expert wasn’t hired for another eight months and “was not adequately prepared,” Baez claimed.