Rapper Tory Lanez sues prison system for $100 million over stabbing by inmate
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Key Points:
- Rapper Tory Lanez has filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against the California prison system, claiming he was improperly housed with an inmate who stabbed him 16 times in 2025 at a Tehachapi prison.
- The lawsuit alleges negligence by prison officials for placing Lanez with Santino Casio, a violent inmate with prior convictions for assault and weapon manufacturing, and criticizes the slow response to the attack.
- Lanez, serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020, also claims prison officials unlawfully seized his unpublished songbooks and have refused to return them.
- The attack left Lanez with severe injuries including a collapsed lung, requiring airlift to a hospital, and he has since been transferred to another facility.
- Lanez was convicted in 2022 on three felony charges related to the shooting incident, and his appeal was denied in 2023; Megan Thee Stallion publicly identified him as the shooter months after the event.
