The Underlying Criminal Case – What the Record Shows
The criminal case against Tory Lanez — whose legal name is Daystar Peterson — was adjudicated in Los Angeles County Superior Court. In December 2022, a jury convicted him of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm and related charges stemming from the July 2020 shooting involving Megan Thee Stallion.
In August 2023, he was sentenced to 10 years in state prison.
Publicly available court records reflect:
- Jury conviction following trial
- Post-trial motions denied
- Appeal filed and pending review in California court.
There is no publicly filed court order, investigative finding, or agency release indicating bribery of jurors, bribery of the trial judge, or falsification of medical evidence.
Similarly, no official court document confirms payment of a prison inmate to stab Lanez. Reports of an alleged prison altercation have circulated online, but no charging documents or correctional findings have publicly attributed the incident to Jay-Z or Roc Nation.
As for Supreme Court involvement, the U.S. Supreme Court’s public docket system does not reflect a decision on the merits in Lanez’s state criminal conviction. Moreover, presidential pardon authority does not extend to state convictions, a constitutional limitation widely recognized in federal law.
