As Tory Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) prepares to be sentenced in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case, his lawyers are keeping the rapartist’s innocence while calling for him to get probation.
However, Tory’s legalrepresentatives state that — “assuming the claims are real” — his rough childhood and alcohol abuse would’ve played a function. As such, they’re calling for Judge David Herriford to release Tory Lanez into a treatment program to address these problems.
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According to Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff, Tory’s attorneys — Jose Baez and Ed Welbourn — filed a 41-page memo on Tuesday (Aug. 1) stating, “The interests of justice would finest be served if Mr. Peterson is approved probation.”
In assistance of this position, the lawyers state that, even if Lanez were guilty, his “childhood injury and psychological disease” would have contributed to “the commission of the offense.”
“Assuming the accusations are real, Mr. Peterson’s mental, physical, and youth injury was a aspect in the commission of the offense. Likewise, the present offense is linked to Mr. Peterson’s youth injury and psychological disease, alcohol-use condition.”
Additionally, Meghann Cuniff reports that Baez and Welbourn pointedout Tory Lanez’s “charitable activities” within the memo. In truth, his lawyers recommended that Lanez would be on his Mother Teresa grind if he weren’t behind bars, as they stated he’d “be able to resume his charitable activities and offer much required