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\n\tSZA<\/a> took to the comments section on Wednesday to defend fellow artist, Megan Thee Stallion, amid renewed calls from fans to release Tory Lanez<\/a>. Lanez was\u00a0convicted<\/a>\u00a0of shooting\u00a0Megan during a confrontation in 2020.<\/p>\n \n\tIn an Instagram video posted <\/a>by Alicia Luncheon, who goes by @theluncheonlawyer and whose bio states she is a criminal defense attorney, Luncheon criticized a recent press conference where Lanez\u2019s legal team claimed that there was new evidence in the case. Luncheon urged Lanez\u2019s lawyers to \u201ctell the court,\u201d instead of pulling a media stunt, and reminded those watching that Lanez was \u201cconvicted and jailed by the State of California,\u201d not Megan.<\/p>\n \n\tSZA echoed Luncheon\u2019s statements, backing up Megan in a comment posted on Wednesday: \u201cThe density !!!!! I\u2019m actually SO shocked at the amount of ppl fully comfortable bullying a woman that\u2019s proven to be a victim of assault.\u201d The Grammy winner emphasized her incredulity: \u201cLike out loud where other ppl can see you ?? Lmao u finna be stupid OUTLOUD ?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier this month, Lanez\u00a0was hospitalized<\/a> after being stabbed<\/a> by another inmate at the California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi. During a news conference following the incident, his legal team claimed they have a new witness who has stepped forward to say that Megan\u2019s former best friend, Kelsey Harris, was the shooter. <\/p>\n \n\tIn a statement previously sent to\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/em>, Megan\u2019s lawyer, Alex Spiro, dismissed the new witness claim. \u201cTory Lanez was tried and convicted by a jury of his peers and his case was properly adjudicated through the court system,\u201d said Spiro. \u201cThis is not a political matter \u2014 this is a case of a violent assault that was resolved in the court of law.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLanez is serving a\u00a010-year prison sentence<\/a>\u00a0after he was\u00a0convicted in December 2022<\/a>\u00a0of shooting\u00a0Megan Thee Stallion<\/a>\u00a0in both\u00a0feet on July 12, 2020. \u00a0The chief resident of orthopedic surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center said doctors\u00a0identified four metallic bullet fragments<\/a>\u00a0embedded in her feet and removed what they could during emergency surgery. A man who witnessed the shooting testified that\u00a0he saw a \u201cvery agitated\u201d man \u201cfiring everywhere.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n