Tory Lanez is again in headlines, and this time it isn’t about music or courtroom drama, it’s a couple of $100 million lawsuit tied to a brutal jail stabbing that almost took him out. In response to TMZ, the Toronto rapper has filed go well with towards the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, together with the warden and about 50 correctional officers at California Correctional Establishment in Tehachapi. And sure, the quantity he’s asking for is as large because it sounds.
Tory claims he was stabbed 16 instances in Might 2025 by one other inmate who got here at him with a shank. As beforehand reported, the person who allegedly stabbed the rapper who’s serving a 10-year sentence claimed he acted in self-defense, believing Lanez was truly attempting to finish his life. The accidents have been no mild work. He says he suffered two collapsed lungs and everlasting scarring to his face. The lawsuit breaks it down in a method that makes you pause. He’s asking for $1 million per stab wound and one other $10 million only for the facial scars alone. Mr. Lanez stated ache has a value, and he’s placing a really particular quantity on it.
Within the paperwork TMZ obtained, Tory factors fingers at jail management, particularly warden Danny Samuel. He claims protocols have been violated when he was housed with an inmate named Casio, suggesting the state of affairs might have been averted. He additionally says employees have been nowhere to be discovered when issues went left, and the delayed response solely made the state of affairs worse. In his phrases, the jail confirmed deliberate indifference to foreseeable violence and failed to guard him.
It doesn’t cease there. Tory additionally alleges that whereas he was within the hospital recovering, his private belongings have been mishandled. He says his authentic songbooks, crammed with unpublished lyrics, have been taken together with notes meant for his legal professional. He insists these lyrics carry actual business worth and needs them returned.
Photographs of the accidents, additionally obtained by TMZ, paint a graphic image. Proper or mistaken, these wounds look critical. Now the courts will resolve if the system failed him and if that $100 million demand holds weight. Test again later for extra particulars.
