The Tory Lanez trial entered its seventh day with the protection’s flip to convey witnesses to the stand. On today, Sean Kelly, a neighbor who witnessed the July 2020 altercation, testified to seeing a girl firing the primary shot.
On Tuesday (Dec. 20), Law & Crime senior reporter Meghann Cuniff, who has been protecting the trial because it began, reported that protection witness Sean Kelly, who watched the altercation between Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion and Kelsey Nicole Harris from the window of his dwelling, testified that he noticed a girl hearth the primary shot in the course of the struggle. Throughout his testimony, Kelly would not point out any names whereas recounting what he noticed on the evening of the chaotic struggle.
“Kelly mentioned he awoke to noises and noticed two ladies violently combating by the automobile. He noticed a flash and believes it was coming from one of many ladies,” Cuniff tweeted, including, his quote,”‘They have been pulling their hair and hitting one another. It was fairly violent.'”
“Kelly mentioned he noticed the motive force exit carrying all black, and he joined the fray,” Cuniff continued. “Kelly was scared, and he requested his son to come back into his room. He testified a number of occasions that he noticed a muzzle flash and heard what he thought have been fireworks, however believes the flashes have been from a girl.”
“Did you see a muzzle flash?” [Tory Lanez’s defense attorney George Mgdesyan] requested. ‘Sure,’ Kelly answered,” Cuniff wrote. “He added: ‘About the identical time that the smallest particular person bought out of the automobile.’ It solely worsened for Mgdesyan. Kelly mentioned the small man ‘bought out about that point, all shouting.'”
Kelly would go on to element what the “smallest man” was doing in the course of the struggle.
“Kelly mentioned after the smallest man bought out of the automobile, ‘I noticed extra flashes,'” Cuniff tweeted.
“He caught along with his testimony that the flashes began with “the women,” and he mentioned he by no means heard anybody say, “Dance, bitch” (which is what Meg testified Tory mentioned earlier than he opened hearth).”
“Kelly mentioned the shorter man ‘was very indignant’ and was shouting,” Cuniff continued. “He mentioned the flashes “got here from him” however cautioned, ‘I by no means noticed a gun.'”
Cuniff added: “Nonetheless, in spite of everything this, Kelly repeatedly testifies that he believes a girl hearth the primary shot. ‘I consider I noticed the lady shoot first.’ However he did not know she had a gun on the time. “‘I believed it was fireworks.'”
However in a stunning twist, Kelly reportedly mentioned that he did see “the smaller man” with a gun and subsequently noticed two individuals beat down a girl who was on the bottom injured.
“That is when Mgdesyan requested Kelly, ‘Sir, did you see the shorter man with a gun in his hand?’ and Kelly answered, ‘Sure,'” Cuniff tweeted. “Then everybody began beating one lady, and Kelly mentioned ‘to me, it appeared that they have been going to throw her within the river.'”
Cuniff continued: “‘It appeared to me once I was on the telephone that they have been making an attempt to kill her,'” Kelly mentioned. He mentioned he heard the motive force say the police are coming, they usually put the lady within the Escalade and left. Then got here the cross. (All that above is from direct by Tory’s lawyer.)[.]”
XXL has reached out to attorneys for Megan Thee Stallion, Tory Lanez and Kelsey Harris for remark. The Los Angeles County District Lawyer was contacted as properly for a press release.
Kelly’s stunning testimony comes simply days after Megan’s ex-friend Kelsey Harris refused to reply any questions on Tory’s involvement on the evening of the taking pictures, regardless of reportedly being granted immunity by the prosecution. Harris additionally denied seeing Tory shoot Megan.
Megan Thee Stallion’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, believes that Harris was compromised as a witness, both by menace or bribe.
Both manner, it looks as if the Tory Lanez trial by no means fails in delivering bombshell testimonies from eyewitnesses.
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