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At this point everyone knows the story unless they lived under the rock. After leaving a party hosted by Kylie Jenner three years ago, hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion got into an argument with her then-boyfriend, rapper Tory Lanez, and he shot her in the foot.
Lanez was convicted last December on three felony charges stemming from the shooting, and on Tuesday he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. At his sentencing Lanez said he still cares about Megan, called her his friend, and said they had bonded over the losses of their mothers. Curiously, he also shared, “I said some very immature things that I shouldn’t have said. I revealed some secrets I shouldn’t have revealed,” as though shooting a partner is some kind of free speech argument.
But the road to holding Lanez accountable for his brutal domestic violence was was anything but smooth. Megan Thee Stallion was re-victimized at every turn. Misogynoir took over, as is typically the case for Black women reporting sexual assault or domestic violence.