Tory Lanez BEGS Judge to Not RUIN HIS LIFE | Joe Budden Reacts
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If you didn't do something, and you're facing 22 years, you point the finger at who did it.
😂 simple concept really. Respectfully
Not the best legal strategy because if you present a definite case of "We know who did it and it's that person", you are making yourself have to provide evidence to the jury to make that case. Make the case for your clients, not against another person not on trial. You can point at the evidence of him not shooting, rather than make the case for the other person. Not that it matters, cause Tory dumb ass already admitted it on the jail house interview
Yeah but it’s a lot of repercussions snitching and I think that’s how he thinking… me personally I think he didn’t shoot her honestly he is not charged for shooting her. All his charges that he is charged with is having a possession of a firearm and others related to that but he is not charged for shooting Meg the stallion.
@@heem2158🤦🏾♀️ denial is dangerous, but let’s be logical here. If he didn’t do anything whatsoever, then it’s not snitching and let’s just say he didn’t shoot her, then who did? He commented in the shade room that Kelsey didn’t do it. Innocent people would gladly testify and they don’t apologize from jail while on the phone.
@@heem2158 is Kelsey connected to the streets? Meg's college friend. I doubt it. It's not snitching
Daystar sounds like more of a rap name than Tory Lanez.
Notorious after Biggie
At least he can separate himself (Daystar P.) from his artist persona (Tory) whenever he needs to do some soul searching. And he may be doing PLENTY of that now...
I just thought the absolute same thing😂😂
Your name is daystar because you been dying to shine and when you sing it sounds like you dying sometimes 😂
The VYBZ KARTEL reference is GOLDEN 😂😂 6:12
Joe says they didn’t humanize Tory, by calling him his rap name but what about how They called it “Megan thee stallion shooting case” and called Megan by her rap name throughout the trial. Keep the same energy
They want him to be innocent
She doesn't need help.
... the culture openly worships Satan and feminine energy. 😂😂😂
And his own defense referred to him as Tory so that argument is dead af
@@MimiCheckinfakeheaux exactly
How can the judge ruin what was already ruined.
By giving him time that will ruin his career?
@@AGKapano You still talking career? Lol. His LIFE is ruined.
@@jojodancer1743 that’s the point dummy. Him saying don’t ruin my life is to the point of how many years they gonna give him. 3-5 years is not ruining his life. Anything above that sure
@@AGKapano 3-5 years for shooting a WOMAN and the whole world knows about it. Yeah it's safe to say his life is fucked. And as far as calling me a dummy? That would be your crackhead mom. Lol
@@AGKapano by means of what happened. His life isn't completely over but it won't be the same.
Short man complex is the cause of all this, he thought he was baby pac 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️😂😂😂
😂😂
Yup😂
He is an industry slore if you want to be technical. It has never ended well for THOTS who talk too much.
It never ends well for punks who think they are invincible.
Ish thinks that “Twitter Doubt” is “Reasonable Doubt”.😳
if Kelsey shot Meg , then Meg would have said Kelsey shot her cause if she protecting Kelsey that means they both was setting up Tory
They did both set him up. Kelsey didn’t plan to take take it to court tho. Neither did Megan until her label forced her
@@MB-es9ft tory set himself up.
@M B Meg wasn't forced to take it to court....the D.A. did it smh!
Tory should of taken a plea deal.
Nahh! The plea would've been worst for his image. That's chris brown level times 10
@@Put2CentsIn no he didn’t want the plea deal because he thought he could of beat it.
@@Put2CentsIn no it wouldn’t he’s about to be doing 11 years and will be getting deported back to Canada and will be banned from the U.S afterwards if he took the plea he be out by now just not allowed back in U.S HE PLAYED HIMSELF
Yup. Could've maybe got 10 years, out in maybe 8 on good behavior, he'll still be in his 30's. Now he's fucked
@@vincy745sure did and his tactics backfired 😊
I agree with Joe. Vybz is still releasing bangers. He met a new girl. Got married. All while locked up. He has more of a life than I do and I’m free. World boss flex 🔥🔥
This is the ditziest pick me comment I've read in a long time.
@@mrspgrew pick me 😜. 🤣🤣🤣 JA to the world 🇯🇲🇨🇦
That's in a jamaican prison..
Weird 😬 should elevate your life if a prisoner is doing better than you 🥴
@@shesarrived7690 he’s doing better than 90% of us 🤨
No it was that jail phone call that flipped the jury. No way you heard that and came away thinking he was innocent
No way you heard the details from the case and think Tory popped meg lol. Literally makes 0 sense
@@PrinceCortezJones Case was never about him popping Meg lol. It was about him possessing a firearm and using it recklessly. He was never charged for shooting meg.
@@PrinceCortezJones it makes all the sense in the world you guys are just delusional
Thank you lol. I’m like did everyone forget about that recording already?
@@CyberDyneSystems77 exactly! But most people talk as if it's about him shooting meg.
5:20 So what if he is a black man? No wonder so many of criminals and in prison. You don't hold eachother accountable simply because "he is a black man." So foolish.
Tory Lanez ruined his own life
No he didn’t. He’s innocent
No Meg did by lying
Yeah and No. The company he kept ruined his life.
@@MakaveliG17C he was never innocent always playing the tough guy now he begging the judge like a pooosey 😊
Were you niggas there??
So ya'll mean to tell me Kelsey shot Meg,but Meg said Tory shot her, but Tory called Kelsey apologizing for???
The mental gymnastic ya'll put yourselves through just to prove someone, who is clearly guilty, is innocent is insane.
So if she didn't shoot the gun, why did she need immunity? And in court under oath she said Tory DID NOT shoot anyone.
I don’t get it either. The denial is actually disturbing.
He never apologized for a shooting. Y’all niggas slow
He apologized for talking spicy in the whip flexing how he was having sex with them both and blindsiding her to the whole situation. Him being petty to get at Meg hurt Kelsey in the process and THAT is what he was apologizing for.....not that he shot Meg or even harmed Kelsey (physically).
Because the hate overpowers the logic
The level of delusion in the comments is insane.
No innocent man apologizes on a phone call like that.
The people who are saying Kelsey did it. Are u people dumb or acting? Megan and Kelsey are no longer friends because Kelsey refused to be honest and took money from Tory Troy was the one who shot Megan and there’s voice recording
It’s crazy cause they act like the victim don’t know wtf shot her.
He was dissing meg the whole time
No he wasn’t. Meg was lying the whole time
@@MakaveliG17Cshe knows wtf shot her tho
@@HoneyLiciousHoney not Tory
@@MakaveliG17C GULITY ASF when is sentencing again 😁
You take it to trial they usually max you out
Most definitely
It's a big, big gamble. You better be damn sure you're going to win if you take it to the box
…soooooo, we’re just going to act like the jailhouse call between Tory and Kelsey never happened and didn’t seal his fate. GOT IT. 👌🏾
How oyur own witness say he saw you shooting lol?
He didn't say that until the DA took him aside before they cross examined. You do the math
@@rellysunshine9665 lol what do you think the DA said that made him change his whole story on the fly?
@@ChillWillllllll whatever made his tax issues disappear and helped him sell his house way over market value within weeks
@@MakaveliG17C 😂😂😂
@@rellysunshine9665well the victim herself said who shot her. Wouldn’t you know wtf shot you too if you turned around and seen a midget with a gun shooting at YOU?🙄
There’s a living witness and Ish thinks a who done it defence is good? 😂😂😂 If a gun that shot someone is found in a vehicle your in it and the victim says you did it, take a plea deal or take the stand.
"Everyone Falls In Love Sometimes"😂
Tory eye witness changed his entire story. He definitely was bought out! Also Tory apologizing to Kelsey over the phone. In 2023 that’s all you need to get the jury to side with you.
Innocent people don’t apologize.
This is not true either lol wtf. He never changed his story, he was not reliable to began with. Tory's dick face lawyers tried to use that mans original statement to police as a slam dunk, and when it was not exactly the same as what was said originally people think he was lying. Torys lawyers fucked this up. Not sure why you would even take this to trial
@@ChillWillllllll no he did an interview and said Tory tried to wrestle the gun away prior to meeting with prosectors a day before trial
@@MakaveliG17C That's what the defense said in their opening statement, but when on the stand, a interview was never mentioned, only his initial statements to police. You guys aren't very informed on the case. I've read about this case extensively. On top of that, you can't use secret undocumented interviews as evidence, that's why Kelsey's shit was recorded. So if the witness said something different to the defense outside of his initial police statement, it should have been recorded or documented. It wasn't, therefore can not be presented as evidence to the Jury and it's hearsay at that point.
@@Rachel_Martin90 tell me the reason you think he apologized to Kelsey?
Circus show. Kelsey changed testimony, 2nd witness changed testimony, jury was in contact w/lawyers its a mess.
We heard the nigga on the jail phone apologizing. Anyone who can read a situation or read a person knows he was apologizing for shooting Meg.
Any man would apologize. Does not mean he shot her. He caused the fight and exposed Meg for sleeping with him
@@MakaveliG17C bra u are obviously delusional. It's clear at what he was apologizing for. The jury knew it as well
He had a crazy drunk wild night out where one of his girls got hurt after a fight he instigated. 95% of men would apologize, it’s the human thing to do
@@MB-es9ft stop it bra the nigga guilty. The eyewitness say he seen tory shooting
@@jaygunny8402 the same witness who said he never saw a gun in anyone’s hand and acknowledged he previously stated Tory was trying to wrestle the gun away from Kelsey? He just lumped Tory in with Kelsey. He was clear the girl shot first. All tory did was try to control and redirect her arm
He was outside the courts smiling and cheesing like he wasn’t accused of fucking shooting someone. No one is accusing me of doing something that ridiculius and I’m outside in front of cameras fucking smiling about anything. They are so use to getting away with shit against women he didn’t think anything would happen to him 😂
The doubt wasn’t “Reasonable” Ish…🤦🏽♀️
His own team kept referring to him as Tory Lanez. Y’all need to learn how to read before yal come up here talking
He’s under oath… if he’s lying under oath… he will have perjured himself. And that point he’s getting max sentence. And it will be a slam dunk for the prosecutor.
No he’s not lying and he should not even get no sentence
Yall crazy...all these innanet lawyers
😂😂😂
Please enlighten us
Tory in the Vybz studio is hilarious!
These dudes for sure didn’t hear that Tory jail phone call I can tell
Queens flip looking like a toddler 😂
Vybz Kartel studio 😂💀
He should've gotten on the stand to testify....
He ruined his own life plus before the trial he said Kelsey didn’t shoot her then they said she did lol
He was trying to cover for her. That man innocent
It was an accident. She didn’t maliciously try to shoot her
@@MakaveliG17C lmfao stop if it’s me or her it’s her and ik you heard his phone call in jail. He sounded guilty and she didn’t sound worried. If she shot her im sure she wouldn’t have been as calm as she was
@@MB-es9ft lmao she didnt shoot her
@@Kalinbuggs she wasn’t worried yet she had to ask for immunity? That phone call don’t prove shit lmao
imagine facing 22 years and you didn't even kill someone
Imagine putting yourself in the position to be facing any time in prison when you had every advantage in life.
@@LzyArt THAT PART!
@aaronseals6362 imagine being falsely accused for something you didn't do? So a rape victim put herself in that situation? All those people who was exonerated put themselves in that situation?
@@develonanthony7457 He wasn't falsely accused. He did it, and now he's going to answer for it.
@aaronseals6362 how was it proven he did it? What was his motive? Why were the 2 women fighting eachother? So he shot her while they were fighting, before they fought or after they fought eachother?how will they answer to all they lies they told some they admitted to?
Not sure if anyone else noticed but this all started when Tory Lanez threatened to expose his label and Meg was on the same label as Tory and shortly after this incident happens. Coincidence? Just some shit I thought about.
When were Tory and Meg on the same label?
I want to hear his dad speak again. “This Los Angeles county!!”
We need Chixtape 6 rather he in Jail or beats the sentence
Do you mean *whether?
The prison phone call was enough
He ain't saying don't ruin my life.. he saying don't make me snitch 😂
lol how would that help him at this point. You think if he were to get up there and say "Kelsey did it!" they would just overrule the conviction? lolol
Lol exactly. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a recording.
If he snitches he is an absolute wet wipe.. Why all these rappers act tough till they Infront of the judge... Melts
@@minusdagreez8817 so you'd do 22 years for the approval of other men? Sounds fruity to me
@@minusdagreez8817 i never heard tory say he a thug so it dont apply to him snitching aint apply to him
The fact that torts defense also referred to him as Tory lanez so that dead’s that argument.
I would have said give me a another chance to prove my innocence. Tory was trying to prove his innocence without snitching. I would have pointed a finger at her and said 👉🏾 she did it.
Right, I'll walk over and tap her on the shoulder😂😂😂.. yes her, she did it
@@lexc4965 Lol 😂 😂😂
Right the justice system give 2 f’s about a black man on trial. You gotta have more than enough info to prove your innocence.
he can't do that cuz he has no evidence to prove Kelsey did it (cuz he did it lol)
@@moreilly9836 He can if he saw her do it. The witness said she shot the gun too plus she also had gun powder on her hand.
Sad situation and we want know what happened fr until years later when the body gaurd say something or tory just finally say because he wants to get out
Joe. Improper Improv tomorrow ??
Is everyone forgetting Megan explicitly saying Tory shot her?
Meg could’ve been his daughter or sister. Just like you could’ve been his son or brother.
Still don’t mean Meg was shot by tory
@@alexgavin6378 the 2nd charge he was convicted of said he was.
@@Specialsir no it didn’t bro all this is a lie to bring Tory’s life down do u not get it ?
These maximum sentences are crazy. Take a plea and do time for something you didn’t do. Or fight for your innocence and do 20 years
If you didn't do it, then their case wouldn't be this strong lol. He should have taken the plea because he clearly did the shit
@@ChillWillllllll he clearly is innocent. Btw innocent people get convicted everyday
@@MB-es9ft Stop using other people's struggles as ammo. There is real injustice in the justice system, specfically towards poor black people. However Tory is rich, and had lawyers that most people could never even think to afford. He lost because he didn't have a case, and rejected a plea despite his lawyers telling him too in all likelihood
@@ChillWillllllll Tory lawyer Shawn Holley always planned for a trial from the jump. If he had a fair trial, he would easily win
@@MB-es9ft no he’s not he has history of being reckless and being violent wasn’t hard for me to assume yeah he shot meg
Once Kelsey asked for immunity for her testimony I think that was all you needed for doubt. It's sad though.
😂😂😂
He didn’t wanted to be deported that’s why he didn’t take the plea deal. I think this case was beatable with a good lawyer like the one he has now. They were conflicting statements amnesia no show witnesses etc.
This was not a winable case.
He should have taken the plea. Idk why you fight this when you're facing so many years. Tory had the worst lawyers ever
Fuck it I would just got deported .. He going back to Canada not Mexico
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well, it wasn't clear he intervened to break up a fight BECAUSE that's not what happened lol I can't believe they are still talking like this
It was clear. The witness said it
They're still talking because he JUST tried to get a new trial. He's trying to drag the whole thing out even more.
agree with Ish. Tory should've stayed lowkey before this trial. His life was literally on the line
If you go by the name Daystar Peterson, you're allowed to snitch
Lol I mean.. Tory could’ve testified when he originally on trial🤷🏽♂️ 😂😂 but he can request a retrial I guess.
It seems that this case is a case where keeping it real and not snitching goes wrong. Kelsey and Megan won.
Tory knows that Kelsey didn't shoot Megan.
I don’t what happen cause I wasn’t there but this don’t sit right and something ain’t right
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20 years when someone didn't die is excessive to me
He has previous gun charges. He's a career criminal
@@mrspgrew Honestly from what I heard that was not even on the table, the DA had so much other stuff. I have friends in the LA County DoJ and everyone was shocked Tory even took it to trial. He is a Canadian national, millionaire, running around LA with a unregistered firearm that is loaded, then firing it off into the city [He actually admitted to firing the gun through his lawyer]. Those three charges without the assault charge, is already multiple felonies. Compounded by the fact that he never grew up in a situation where gun violence was common. On top of that the DA was extremely upset with the influence he is having on actual LA youth, that know no better. If you look at Cali laws just taking what he said happened, he's looking at 5+ years since it went to trial. This is not including his assault charge too. Everyone was trying to figure out the angle with the whole targeting Meghan thing, since there were multiple witnesses, including the one from the balcony of his house that attested to it, and on top of that his lawyer said he fired warning shots! To the DA and State this was just straight up harassing the victim/witness and if her foot was permanently disabled, Tory would have been hit with 205 PC of the California Penal code which is "Aggravated Mayhem", which is essentially life in prison.
@@mrspgrew can never be just one thing
@@xbabu142x It always seemed like he let the internet put a battery in his back. He saw the backlash she received, and thought that would help. OR he realized there was no way out, and went to trial anyway. It was frustrating when everyone said they didn't have enough evidence to even charge him. I doubt any prosecutor in the world is going to expose every piece of evidence they have on Instagram. People attack her relentlessly, but fail to realize that not many DAs will waste the time, the energy and the money to try a case with no evidence. I always figured there's much more than the public will ever know. Thank you for clearing it up even more.
Someone could’ve died shooting 5 times at someone seems a bit excessive to me
It's over, lil' man
He got 10!!
The police station call.. its over. TL was lit up and got caught slippin. Point blank
Tory Lanez my favorite rapper needs to think what he done 💯
Yall must didnt hear his confession in the jail phone call to Kelsey😂😂😂😂
Fake news
How was it fake news bro? It was literally a recorded jail call
@@MB-es9ft😂😂😂😂😂
Please do a segment for Young Joc crying 😭
lol you wrong 🤣
Jesus wept too. You gone clown Jesus for it?
@@SocomVeteran 😂
Regardless if Tory is innocent or not this is a lesson to all of my men. Messing around with the wrong type of woman can risk your entire livelihood and freedom.
First of all.. if u not like that, u shouldn't be carrying at all. When u got that much money u got bodyguards and ppl on payroll to do that for u
@@EM-cj7tu you aren’t wrong, but in this instant the relationship with the girl led to the firing of the weapon. I’m not saying he wouldn’t have messed up and fired it in some other situation but I can only speak about the incident that got him locked up. Tory, la Ja Morant, will learn that the guy with the money needs to have shooters. It’s not his role to even have a gun on his person at any time in a public setting
@@EM-cj7tu it was the girls gun
@@senorchocolate I can’t agree I see it from the 🇺🇸 pov of having the freedom to carry 🤷🏾♂️.
@@daholyspirit2783 as a member of the armed forces I wholeheartedly agree with maintaining the 2A but I am just saying he should’ve never been dealing with Meghan and her friend in the first place. He would’ve never even been traveling with them had he had d discipline
Tory did it period… so no matter what the jury got it right
No tf he didn’t period u say that again and ur gonna get beat up
The jury did not get it right at all
@@alexgavin6378GULITY asf what time is sentencing again😊
@@HoneyLiciousHoney no tf he not guilty mf
@@HoneyLiciousHoney and his sentencing will be postponed again cuz he not giving up u Hurd so stfu before I make u stfu
20 years FOR A GUN THO IS WILD
Free Tory. We all know why Kelsey asked for immunity
Your supposed to have a jury of your peers and he didn’t have single peer.
Tory problem is he didn't want to snitch on Kelsey. & Now he paying the price for that
😂😂😂😂😂😂Lmaofffff
They bring up Kelsey interview but forgot to bring up under OATH she said she lied in that interview she also said under OATH i never saw him shoot the gun.
Tory done he getting at least 15
Lock him up😂
crazy thing is if he had stayed humble from the jump he wouldn't have even had to go to court smh
Imagine shooting somebody's foot for petty reasons, and then beg for his life. FOH
I thought Joe's fans said that Joe had a tape of what REALLY happened that night.🤔
People saying he got convicted of the phone call when everybody been knew about that phone call years before the trial.
Any man gonna apologize after wild drunk night like that. He let the cat out the bag that he was sleeping with Meg when she didn’t want her friend to know. She had been sneaking behind her back for months and told Kelsey to stop seeing Tory meanwhile she was sleeping with him. It caused the fight.
😂😂😂
We don’t care he still gonna do jail time. All you incels lost this fight.
Tory is an industry pass around that NOBODY claimed in public. He was and still is a clout chasing groupie who cannot handle his emotions and he’s a thug. The new court documents are damning.
He really need to call vybz
The fact is it didn't matter if he took a deal or not he would have been labeled a convicted and kicked out the country.
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I dont blame tory for thinking he'd get off. No GSR at the scene imo case closed. He thought innocence would prevail. Kelsey did it. Clearly. But this aint canada...
I wish I WOULD do time for somebody else…the streets is a myth. Stand up guy for the streets and niggas that’s gonna forget you in a day but leave your kids to raise themselves, smh
He is supposed to say he ruined his own life and don’t start blaming the judge as if he is somehow responsible for the poor choices Tory made. He still doesn’t understand how to be accountable for his own actions and that’s sad. That rich privileged lifestyle made him feel above the law enforcement and court rooms. Grow up Tory…..😢
Joe is wrong. You want to raise reasonable doubt. That’s all you have to do. You don’t have to say she did it or he didn’t do it. You just have to make the Jury undecided on who did it.
You still need to provide proof that someone else did it.. which his defense didn't do. The prosecution provided plenty of evidence that pointed towards Tory and the defense couldn't even get one witness on the stand to testify otherwise.
If I was Tory, I would’ve snitch immediately !!😂😂
On himself?
Tory will not take any responsibility or show remorse at the sentencing. The judge is sick of his shit and he is going to throw the book at him.
Word!
He shouldn’t even be sentence tf he did not shoot her
That judge shouldn’t be throwing no books at an innocent man
Nope to arrogant to admit it. He thought finding justice in the SM world mattered more then the court of LAW
@@HoneyLiciousHoney and it should cuz he guilty wit no proof tf outta here
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he has no evidence to point the finger at anyone else because it doesn't exist yall lol ok?! there no finger to point at anyone but himself. he gonna have to sit down for a minute he'll be ok.. plenty of famous people have gone away and had a career: tupac, mike tyson, oj lol
Joe dont understand how these things work. You cant accuse a third party of anything without running it by the judge. THERE IS NO SURPRISES IN A COURT TRIAL! everything that is happening in court has to be shared before the trial with the judge, and the otherside and he would have been in contempt of court had he done that and then lost the cooperation of kelsey or whatever her name is and the state would have loved that!
what joe was saying makes absolutely no sense... and thats not how the court works. again, there are no surprises in a trial and everything that happens and will take place is already known by everyone in the proceedings
Tory innocent. They need to be looking at Kelsey. The fact that she got up there and immediately pled the 5th says enough.
Your hero is in jail. Keep crying 😢
End of da day TORY shoulda told
S/O Vybz 😂😂 NOT NICE!
Tory couldn't handle being manhandled in public?
I would have went to the media no way a jury would convict being hush hush as recommended by roc nation got him nowhere in the end. You know anytime you call the police got to court against a black man they gonna throw the book. What really happened I’d like to know
if tory told what happened that’s not snitching y’all weird asf in the comments but he bullshittin i would’ve been told what happened before court