Tory Lanez is being transferred to a new prison after being stabbed 14 times by a life-sentence murderer
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The Canadian rapper and singer is reportedly on the road to recovery in a new prison facility after he was allegedly stabbed 14 times on the morning of May 12.
Tory Lanez is being transferred to a new prison after being stabbed, according to his dad, Sonstar Peterson
Tory Lanez is moved as part of California prison protocol following an act of violence.
On Thursday morning (May 22), Lanez transferred to the California Men's Colony (CMC) institution. This is three hours away from the California Correctional Institution in which Tory Lanez was stabbed a bit over a week ago. His attorney Crystal Morgan told TMZ Hip Hop that he's recovering well despite his collapsed lungs and 14 stab wounds.
“He’s being moved because it’s part of the prison’s protocol when a situation like this happens. They believe it’s better for him to be in another facility, and so he is being moved as we speak,” he said. “One thing, of course, we are concerned about is because my son is a high-profile person, and when things like this happen, there is always some kind of weird news going out trying to spin it to be something else.”
Lanez was attacked on May 12 by another inmate at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi around 7:20 a.m. PT and rushed to a nearby hospital, a spokesperson for the prison told ABC News. A message posted to the singer’s verified Instagram account said he suffered a pair of collapsed lungs and was stabbed 14 times in total but was in “good spirits” while recovering.
Lanez’s father said that when he arrived at the hospital, he spoke to correctional officers who claimed they were surprised that the singer was involved in an altercation because Tory, according to his dad, “is someone who is liked. He’s not someone who is a troublemaker.”
Tory Lanez is currently serving a 10-year sentence in prison after being convicted on three felony counts tied to him shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during an argument outside of a Hollywood Hills party in July 2020.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida’s 13th district called for California’s Gov. Newsom to pardon Lanez. The congresswoman claimed that there was new evidence exonerating Lanez.