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It’s been a week since police handcuffed Tory Lanez inside a courtroom and booked him at the Los Angeles County jail. After two days of deliberations, a jury found the Canadian rapper guilty of all charges in his assault case.
Key evidence prosecutors used in the trial, including an alleged recorded jail call from Tory to Megan’s ex-best friend Kelsey Harris, have been released online by Street TV and YouTuber Nique at Nite.
The call happened in July 2020–just hours after Tory shot Megan Thee Stallion. Though the audio has been a hot topic, including Lanez’s unspecific apologies, officials hadn’t released it to the public. Nique At Nite and Street TV has now released the jail call, bodycam footage of Megan in the ambulance, a 911 call from a neighbor, and audio of the shooting from a nearby home.
“I know she probably never ever ever gon’ talk to me ever again, but bruh, I just want you to know bruh, I was just so f*****g drunk, and I ain’t even know what the f**k was going on,” Lanez allegedly says. “I’d never ever do some sh*t like that, bruh.”
In the conversation, Tory repeatedly said he was ‘drunk’ and didn’t know what was going on. He added:
“Regardless, that’s not gon make anything right, and that’s not gon make my actions right, bro, but I’m just deeply sorry bruh. I never even move like that bruh.”
A woman believed to be Kelsey and Lanez’s then agreed that the night was “a whole lot.”
As the call continued, Lanez repeatedly apologized and tried to explain the night of the shooting–again, he never used that specific word.
“What happened, happened already, bruh. I can’t take it back, bruh, so I’m just telling y’all I’m sorry, bruh,” he said.
Lanez added that when he arrived at “the house,” seemingly referencing the gathering at Kylie Jenner’s house, a woman immediately gave him five shots. Then, he admits that he doesn’t even recall what their argument was about.
A few seconds after, Lanez asks about what hospital Megan was in. During testimony, the jury learned that an ambulance transported Meg to the hospital. Meanwhile, Kelsey, Tory, and his driver Jaquan Smith went to the police station.
In the call recording, Lanez asks Kelsey to “figure out what you got to do to bail [him] out.” And then, Kelsey warns him that the story is already coming out, and he responds by saying that he’s going to get the backlash, not Megan.
“It is what it is, regardless if I get out of here today or not, I just wanna let y’all know I’m sorry bruh, I would’ve never did that sh*t if I wasn’t that drink,” he says.
During the trial, Tory’s legal team argued that his apologies were for being intimate with both women and causing a fight between best friends.
Along with the audio of the jail call, Nique At Nite released bodycam footage of Megan Thee Stallion sobbing inside an ambulance. Meg was sniffling and taking deep inhales in between loud cries–when the camera panned over to her, she was lying on a stretcher with a face mask on. The timestamp on the footage says July 12, 2020.
In the trial, Megan testified that Tory offered her $1 million not to say anything about the shooting. She also tearfully shared her experience with suicidal thoughts following the incident.
“I can’t even be happy,” Megan testified. “I can’t hold conversations with people for a long time. I don’t feel like I want to be on this Earth. I wish he would have just shot and killed me, if I knew I would have to go through this torture.”
In the same ambulance footage video, Nique released bodycam footage of officers canvassing the area of the shooting and noting evidence. They pointed out Megan Thee Stallion’s blood trail and shell casings. At the time, they only found four shells, but a neighbor-turned-witness, Sean Kelly, reportedly testified that his son later found the fifth near their home.
Kelly testified that he doesn’t recall seeing a weapon but believes a woman fired the first shot after seeing a muzzle flash near her hands. Then, he revealed that Lanez was “very angry, shouting, and then the flashes came from him.” And Kelly was adamant about Tory “firing everywhere” and being “really agitated.”
But on Friday, Nique At Nite also exclusively released a 911 call from another neighbor named Chris. He reported about four gunshots next to his house and a female voice screaming outside. Watch the full clip above beginning at the six-minute mark.
Nique At Nite also released home security camera footage of the gunshots, but the only audio is the five shots. The footage is from a Ring camera inside a home, so only the shots can be heard.
There has been no response to Tory’s conviction, the trial, or the released evidence from Megan Thee Stallion. Her lawyer,
On December 23, Lanez was found guilty of discharging a firearm with gross negligence. He was also convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle.
He is facing up to 22 years in prison and could face deportation to Canada. His sentencing is reportedly scheduled for January 23.
This is a developing story.
