The day after Megan Thee Stallion testified that fellow rapper and ex-lover Tory Lanez shot her, the singer’s former assistant Kelsey Harris told jurors Wednesday that Lanez threatened to shoot her, too.
But when prosecutors asked Harris to describe exactly what Lanez said in her threat, she invoked the Fifth Amendment: the right not to testify.
However, he told the court it was “ludicrous” to believe that Harris herself was the one who pulled the trigger and shot at Megan Thee Stallion’s feet.
Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta asked, “Why don’t you want to answer that question?” her at the same time that she suggested that the reason Harris did not explain what happened could be that Lanez was sitting about 20 feet away in the courtroom.
Megan Thee Stallion’s assistant Kelsey Harris (pictured) revealed that Tory Lanez threatened to shoot her before opening fire at the singer’s feet.
The rapper entered court yesterday in a purple power suit
“It doesn’t bother me, but I don’t want to be here,” said Harris, who, before he began his testimony Wednesday, brought his own attorney to testify to the Fifth in hopes of not testifying at all.
But after hearing an assurance from Assistant District Attorney Alex Bott that he is not seeking to prosecute Harris for anything he says on the witness stand, Judge David Herriford granted him “immunity from use.”
Lanez, 30, who wore a tan suit and black turtleneck shirt Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles criminal court, pleaded not guilty to felony charges of assaulting Megan with a semi-automatic firearm. and carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle. He could spend up to 12 years in prison if he is convicted.
Last week, the LA DA added another felony charge, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, which carries an additional 6-year jail term, in addition to possible deportation for the Canadian-born musician, whose real name is Daystar. Peterson. He has also denied the third charge.
In a full day of testimony Tuesday, Megan, 27, told the jury of eight women and four men that she and Lanez had been at a pool party on July 12, 2020 at Kylie Jenner’s home, who may be called as a defense witness. and they were in her van in the Hollywood Hills with Megan’s assistant and best friend Harris when an argument broke out.
Megan, whose real name is Megan Pete, asked Lanez’s driver to stop the car and she got out, which is when she said Lanez yelled “Dance bitch” and fired a gun at her multiple times, injuring her feet so badly that she she needed surgery.
Megan Thee Stallion took the stand in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday morning and finally faced off against Canadian rapper Tory Lanez.
Megan Thee Stallion shared photos of the injuries she sustained to her foot after Tory Lanez allegedly shot her
Tory Lanez attended Los Angeles Superior Court today
She also testified that Lanez offered her and Harris a million dollars to keep quiet about the incident.
Lanez, who is out on $350,000 bail, later apologized to her and said he was drunk at the time of the shooting.
Meanwhile, his defense team suggested that it was Harris, not Lanez, who fired the gun.
In court on Wednesday, Harris, dressed entirely in black, called the allegation that she shot Megan “ludicrous.”
But he did admit that in the van after the pool party, he argued with Megan about their rivalry for Lanez’s affections.
Beginning her testimony, Harris, who has not seen Megan since the shooting incident, told Ta: ‘I don’t want to be here today. It is a triggering situation.
‘My name has been released, Megan lies. I didn’t ask to be in this.
“She (Megan) has painted a picture that I betrayed her, that I’m a bad person… that I took the hush money.”
Harris told the jury of seven women and five men that a male surrogate had to fill in for one of the women on the jury Wednesday that she and Lanez had “more than a friendship” before returning to her native Texas to stay with her family. during the Covid- 19 crisis.
But by the time he returned to Los Angeles, Lanez’s relationship with Megan had grown closer, the court heard.
At the pool gathering at Kylie Jenner’s house in July 2020, “Megan was drunk,” Harris said. ‘Her behavior of hers was wrong. She was laughing obnoxiously’
Lanez’s defense team has suggested that it was Harris, not Lanez, who fired the gun.
Lanez faces prison time if convicted after 2020 shooting
At the pool gathering at Kylie Jenner’s house in July 2020, “Megan was drunk,” Harris said. ‘Her behavior of hers was wrong. She was laughing obnoxiously.
She added: “Tory was being Tory, flirting with Kylie.”
Asked by Ta what happened when Harris, Megan and Lanez left in their truck, Harris replied, ‘Do I have to answer that?’
When Judge Herriford told her ‘Yes’, she said: ‘Megan was rambling. There was a lot of back and forth, name calling, between me and Megan and Tory.
When Tory referenced the sexual relationship she had with Megan, Harris said that Megan said, “Don’t listen to him… Why are you saying that to him?” He was confused, he didn’t know what was happening.
Harris said that she and Megan argued about her (Megan’s) relationship with Lanez and his “disloyalty.”
‘Megan and Tory were hitting each other. She began attacking Tory’s career as an artist. Everyone was insulted.
Harris told jurors that she “could not remember” seeing Lanez shoot Megan.
“I don’t know what I saw, it’s a blur,” he said.
DDA Ta reminded Harris that last September, in an interview with the DA and police, he said he saw Lanez, ‘firing over the top of the car window… He was pointing the gun straight, but always down, towards Megan.
‘I don’t remember what I told you in September,’ she replied. I said some things that weren’t true.