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Last month, incarcerated rap star Tory Lanez went viral after he was assaulted in a prison brawl. The “Proud Family” creator was stabbed a total of 14 times during the assault.
Tory Lanez Team Rips TMZ for Interview With Attacker
Lanez is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for shooting rap star Megan Thee Stallion. So he has not received much support in the wake of his assault. In a new statement, Lanez and his team had a lot to say. About the media coverage surrounding the incident. They particularly had a lot to say about the media outlet TMZ. Slamming the outlet for giving Lanez’s attacker a platform.
“TMZ, of all people, give this disgusting, vile human being a platform to spew those lies when this man [Tory], at that point, [was] in a bed in the hospital fighting for his life,” Lanez’s spokesperson Diana London reportedly stated.
“And we have to defend, instead of talking about the well-being of this man who’s innocent already and who is a victim of many people in the system who railroaded this guy.”
London’s remarks seem to be aimed at TMZ’s phone interview with Lanez’s attacker, Santino Casio. The 42-year-old inmate has been in the facility since 2004. After he was sentenced to life imprisonment for convictions of second-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder.
Tory’s Attacker Claims Self Defense
However, in the interview with the outlet, Casio stated that his reported attack on Lanez was actually self-defense.
“Casio told us he heard rumors through the prison grapevine that Tory had a bounty on him. Shortly after, Casio ran into him and thought he saw a suspicious lump in Tory’s pocket,” The outlet wrote at the time.
“He says he thought it was a weapon — so, he jumped him, hit him, and stabbed him 14 times … yet Casio claims he wasn’t trying to kill Tory.”
However, London says that wouldn’t make any sense. Especially because there is still a chance that Tory could be pardoned.
“Why in the hell would Tory want to kill someone when he literally could be pardoned or get out of prison?” she added. “He has everything to lose at this point.”
TMZ has yet to respond to Lanez’s statement.
