Overview

• Tory Lanez was stabbed 14 times by another inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi on May 12, 2025, during a morning yard altercation.
• The attack caused both of Lanez’s lungs to collapse, but he is now breathing on his own and remains in stable condition at a Bakersfield hospital.
• Prison staff provided immediate medical aid, activated 911, and transported Lanez to an outside medical facility for treatment.
• Investigations into the motive and circumstances of the attack have been launched by the prison’s Investigative Services Unit and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.
• Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, who obtained a five-year protective order against him earlier this year.