{"id":163536,"date":"2022-12-20T20:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tory-lanez-dodges-new-charges-from-prosecutors-in-felony-assault-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T20:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:37:04","slug":"tory-lanez-dodges-new-charges-from-prosecutors-in-felony-assault-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tory-lanez-dodges-new-charges-from-prosecutors-in-felony-assault-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Tory Lanez Dodges New Charges From Prosecutors in Felony Assault Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prosecutors in the Tory Lanez assault trial must think they’re DJ Khaled because they attempted to add another charge to the Canadian rapper’s plate. But on Monday they were shut down by the judge, who said they had waited too long.<\/p>\n

The prosecution tried to add two new witness tampering charges, citing California Penal Code 136.1, which makes it a felony crime to try to dissuade a witness, according to Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, prosecuting attorneys were successful in adding a new felony charge of discharging a firearm with gross negligence on the same day Lanez was released from house arrest.<\/p>\n

according to Rolling Stone<\/em>Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta said the motion to add the new charges was based on that Lanez offered to pay Megan Thee Stallion and Kelsey Harris, Megan’s ex-friend and assistant, $1 million to stay quiet about the shooting on July 12 , 2020.<\/p>\n

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Judge David Herriford responded by asking why prosecutors waited so long considering Megan made the underlying allegation early in the case. Ta said she was n’t sure how Harris was going to testify, but given that she did appear to corroborate Megan’s claim during her turn on the witness stand, they decided to file over the alleged \u201c$1 million bribe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lanez’s defense lawyer George Mgdsyan objected Monday, saying prosecutors had known since September what Harris’ testimony would be, and the court agreed. Herriford said the late addition placed the defense in a \u201cdifficult position\u201d in terms of planning and response time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

As a result, the judge denied the prosecution’s motion.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, there were a number of new details in the assault trial that came to light, most notably the news that the Houston rapper’s bodyguard, Justin Edison, went missing shortly after he gave a witness statement to prosecutors that implicated Lanez.<\/p>\n