Overview

• Tory Lanez was stabbed 14 times on May 12 by fellow inmate Santino Casio at a California prison, resulting in collapsed lungs and emergency hospitalization.
• Lanez is now breathing independently and recovering after doctors removed lung drainage tubes, according to his father, who described his progress as 'remarkable.'
• Authorities have placed the suspected assailant, serving a life sentence for second-degree murder, in restricted housing as investigations by prison officials and the Kern County District Attorney's Office continue.
• Lanez’s legal team claims to have new witness testimony alleging Megan Thee Stallion’s former best friend, Kelsey Harris, was the shooter in the 2020 incident for which Lanez was convicted.
• Lanez’s father has publicly urged California Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon his son, arguing that overwhelming evidence supports his innocence.