Tory Lanez Under Investigation for Assaulting August Alsina – Billboard

Tory Lanez is being investigated by the Los Angeles District Legal professional’s Workplace following allegations that the rapper assaulted singer August Alsina following a live performance in Chicago over the weekend, Billboard has confirmed.

On Sunday, Alsina posted a photograph of himself to Instagram by which he might be seen standing in an elevator with blood coming from his mouth. Within the caption, Alsina claims Lanez bodily assaulted him after he refused to shake his hand following a present on Saturday night time.

“We’re conscious of the allegations that the defendant attacked artist August Alsina and are investigating these claims,” mentioned the Los Angeles District Legal professional’s Workplace in an announcement to Billboard. “The allegations are severe and shall be completely examined.”

Lanez, actual title Daystar Peterson, is at the moment out on bail after being charged with capturing Megan Thee Stallion throughout an argument that occurred after a pool get together within the Hollywood Hills in July 2020. The rapper can be going through a gun possession cost linked with the incident.

A video published to Twitter on Monday purporting to doc the lead-up and aftermath of the alleged assault seems to indicate Alsina rebuffing a handshake from Lanez backstage. Within the closing half of the video, Lanez appears to be celebrating as a person off-camera might be heard saying Lanez “knocked him out.”

The Chicago Police Division tells Billboard they acquired a report of a “30-ye[a]r-old male” being “punched within the face by a 30-year-old male after exiting a constructing within the 2300 block of S. Lake Shore Drive” on Saturday at roughly 11:30 p.m. They’d not verify the identities of the 2 males, citing Chicago P.D. coverage. The placement cited within the report is seemingly the Arie Crown Theater, the place each Lanez and Alsina had been billed to carry out at comic Rip Michaels’ Fall Again in Love Comedy & Music Jam on Saturday. Detectives are at the moment investigating the matter.

An legal professional for Lanez didn’t instantly return Billboard‘s request for remark, although Lanez himself denied attacking Alsina throughout an interview with podcaster Akademics on Sunday. “Nothing occurred. I don’t even know what this child is speaking about, brother,” mentioned the rapper in a clip posted to YouTube. After being requested once more if he was concerned, Lanez continued, “No, hell no! I don’t know if he’s doing [this for] promo. I don’t know what that n—- is speaking about, bruh.”

This isn’t the primary time Lanez has been in authorized scorching water since being hit with fees within the July 2020 capturing. In August 2021, the rapper’s bail was elevated from $190,000 to $250,000 after he made a shock look on the Rolling Loud Miami Pageant on July 25 simply moments after Stallion departed the stage — successfully violating a protecting order that requires him to remain a minimum of 100 yards away from the “Savage” hitmaker. This previous April, a choose elevated his bail once more to $350,000 after among the rapper’s social media posts had been discovered to have breached courtroom orders requiring him to keep away from any contact with Stallion.

Lanez is at the moment awaiting trial within the case. If convicted, he faces greater than 22 years in jail.