Tory Lanez’s attorneys have called their first witness, an expert who testified that his DNA was not found in the gun used to shoot Megan Thee Stallion.
On Friday (December 16) Forensic scientist Marc Scott Taylor told the court that Tory Lanez’s DNA was not found on the magazine of the gun, and that tests done on the DNA found on the gun itself were inconclusive, Insider reports.
Taylor’s testimony corroborated the Los Angeles Police Departments investigation and echoed statements made on the stand by criminalist Randy Zepeda, who was called by the prosecution earlier in the day. However, Zepeda also said that DNA is not always found, or even left behind, on objects.
Both testimonies support DJ Akademiks’ claims earlier this year, when he maintained to have seen the completed DNA results, which he said Tory Lanez’s attorney called “very pleasing to his client.”
At the time, Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillon and Page Six Senior Reporter Eileen Reslen both refuted Akademiks’ claims and insisted DNA evidence wasn’t even brought up. As Reslen explained in a tweet, “FAKE NEWS ALERT: Any reports of Tory Lanez’s DNA not being found on the weapon in the Megan Thee Stallion case are FALSE. Today’s pre-trial hearing was just postponed to April 5 and that fake news tweet was sent out before the hearing even started.”
Prior to Marc Taylor taking the stand, the jury heard from Srinivasan Rathinam, who was also called by the prosecution. The firearms examiner stated that considering the number of shell casings recovered and the amount of force needed to shoot the the semiautomatic 9mm luger caliber firearm believed to have been used in Megan Thee Stallion’s July 2020 shooting, he could not would not call the incident unintentional.
“If you just tap the trigger, it won’t fire, you need to pull the trigger all the way down. I’m not sure whether I can call this an accident,” Rathinam said after confirming that the five shell casings found on the scene matched the weapon, which was recovered on the floor of the SUV in which Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez were travelling on the night in question.
During their opening statements on Monday (December 12), prosecutors that the gun was found in “slide-lock position,” which means that each of the five shots were each fired one at a time.
The trial was adjourned for the weekend and is set to resume on Monday. The defense has not yet indicated whether Tory Lanez will take the stand before the jury is dismissed to deliberate on this case.
Free HIM!!!!!
Lock him up!!!
With no DNA on the gun?? But the DNA of a woman was found on it… lol yea sit this one out champ
NO DNA was found on the gun buddy. Allegedly fingerprints were and trace from gunpowder was found all over Tory’s hands and clothing. A L.A. D.A. isn’t going against a black celebrity with money for lawyers unless they have a very strong case. L.A. is letting murderers walk free nowadays. He’ll end up doing some time. There are several witness who say he fired the gun, and allegedly the gun was traced back to him as the owner. He posed with it in pictures etc., like a smart rap guy would.
The evidence is pointing to Megan Thee Stallion accidentally shooting herself
Several witnesses, son there was three people in the car, Meg, Kelsey and Tory.
There is only witness who has testified that he held the gun, and Meg herself even said she did not see him fire the gun. There are neighbors who will testify this week that they saw the muzzle flash go off near women, and that two women were physically fighting prior to the gunshots. Add to this fact that kelsey also tested positive for GSR and there are 4 sets of prints on the gun and magazine (Tory’s prints aren’t on the mag), there’s so much DOUBT here i don’t see how you can conclude he’s going to jail. He may get illegal gun possession at worst but I don’t see how you prove even that beyond reasonable doubt with unclear dna/prints.
Meg’s testimony is unreliable after all of the lies she’s told to this point.
Really so nobody shot the gun then right? Or her friend shot it but yet nobody accusing her not even tory himself? If it was the friend who fired then tory’s team would’ve taken advantage of that to prove him innocent by pointing at the guilty party, and if she accidentally shot herself like the other fool said she couldn’t have done 5 times by accident genius
Should have aimed for the head