Overview
- In his first on-camera interview from prison, Lanez told NBC News he believes he was wrongfully convicted and insisted he has never been violent toward a woman.
- His attorney says a July 14, 2020 Cedars-Sinai pathology note referencing a “foreign body” in an evidence bag was absent from the criminal case file and surfaced during Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation trial against a blogger.
- The defense plans to petition the California Supreme Court alleging a Brady violation tied to the newly highlighted record and the handling of potential bullet fragments.
- California’s Second District Court of Appeal denied Lanez’s earlier appeal in November, and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has not commented on the new claim.
- Lanez is also seeking clemency or a pardon from Governor Gavin Newsom while serving a 10-year sentence and says he was recently transferred for safety after a near-fatal prison stabbing.