Megan Thee Stallion’s Lawyer Challenges Claims Of “New” Evidence, Roc Nation Sabotage In Tory Lanez Case

The 2022 Megan Thee Stallion shooting trial that resulted in Tory Lanez‘s guilty verdict and incarceration has become fodder, once again, following the Canadian artist being stabbed behind bars last week. This was followed by his reps and one rather vocal political supporter claiming “new evidence” should exonerate the singer.

During a conversation with VIBE, Megan Thee Stallion’s legal rep, Mari Henderson, challenged the idea of “new” evidence changing the established narrative, as Lanez supporter, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s claims regarding DNA and Ring Camera footage were already presented in court. The attorney also addresses Unite The People’s claim that a bodyguard confessed to hearing Kelsey Harris admit to shooting the “Bigger In Texas” rapper during the trial.

Henderson also addresses longstanding claims from Lanez’s team that he never received a fair trial due to Roc Nation‘s affiliations within the legal system, as he previously claimed even his ex-attorney, Shawn Holley, worked with Roc Nation to orchestrate his incarceration.

VIBE: At Tory’s Unite The People press conference, the biggest revelation was that a bodyguard/driver by the name of Bradley James allegedly told them that he witnessed Kelsey Harris admit “she had the gun, she fired it three times. Mr. Peterson grabbed her arm and knocked it down, and the gun fired two more times. In essence, Mr. Peterson never shot anybody.” What do you say to this specific claim?

Mari Henderson: This is just the latest in a long line of falsehoods that he has drummed up to try to claim he’s innocent. This person that they claim was Kelsey’s bodyguard during the trial has yet to come forward themselves. Pure hearsay. This is the same person who, just a few months ago, claimed that he would be exonerated but for the fact that the gun was missing and couldn’t be tested, when the gun never went missing and all along has been sitting in an LAPD crime lab for testing.

On the DNA evidence point, how could it be that Kelsey Harris is the shooter when female DNA was excluded from the gun? So when you look at the hard facts and the evidence here, Tory’s claims fall apart.

Speaking of DNA, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claims there is “new” DNA evidence that, “they actually found four people’s DNA on that firearm, none of which was Tory’s. Not to mention there was zero fingerprints on the actual magazine.” She also cited, “Ring footage that’s been obtained that actually disproves the whole ‘dance Megan’ scenario described in court testimony.”

MH: First of all, let’s consider the source. A republican congresswoman from Florida is suddenly jumping into the mix about a case that happened in Los Angeles and is somehow calling on the California governor to release Tory because of purported new evidence, when all I’ve seen from this representative is her rehashing things that were already revealed at trial, already seen at trial, and are in no way, shape or form new evidence.

It was already known at trial that the gun was not fingerprinted. It was already known at trial that Tory cannot be included or excluded on the DNA of the gun. He had his own DNA experts testify at trial. This is the same woman who is now trying to perpetuate the narrative of “exclusive footage” that exonerates him that is simply Ring camera footage that was played for the jury, indeed in opening statements by the prosecutor.

We know that Tory has a long history of using paid mouthpieces to perpetuate false narratives as he continues to traumatize and re-victimize Meg now going on five years after shooting her.

We know that Tory previously wrote an Instagram comment denying Harris was the shooter, with his team now claiming she is. Meg admitted that she initially lied about stepping on glass to protect Tory. Is it possible Tory also lied to protect Kelsey before everyone decided to tell “the truth?“

MH: It is not even a possibility if you look at the overwhelming evidence that was presented at trial. Meg explained exactly why she initially claimed that she stepped on broken glass, trying to protect Tory. Frankly, he was victimizing her so much and she was forced to come out and tell the truth because of his actions.

This is someone who’s continued to terrorize her for years, violate protective orders, violate gag orders, and even two and a half years after being convicted is claiming for the first time that he was trying to protect Kelsey Harris, but somehow in a two-week-long trial, that idea never came out and is now coming out only now for the first time.

Something that has been brought up a quite a bit is the idea that Roc Nation and it’s legal reps have connections that are able to sabotage cases. Lanez argues that he never had a fair trial, at one point accusing his own counsel of being in cahoots with Roc Nation. Can you address accusations that the case itself was compromised?

MH: There’s absolutely no truth to that. There are so many protections and checks and balances at every step of the justice system. There was a full, two-week trial in this case, the judge presided over it, the judge presided over two years of pre-trial hearings and the multiple times he violated his conditions of pre-trial release. After he was convicted, now it’s gone on to appeals, he’s filed for two Habeas corpus’, he’s filed an appellate brief.

This case, at no point, was ever tried unfairly. Tory Lanez was convicted due to the overwhelming amount of evidence against him. To claim that this is was some injustice because of the D.A.’s office? Roc Nation was not a part of this. It was the the District Attorney’s office prosecuting this case. These claims are just conspiracies that he’s trying to use to drum up attention. And they’re, frankly, just that, total and complete conspiracy.