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Tory Lanez<\/a>\u2018s conviction for shooting Megan Thee Stallion<\/a> has been upheld after losing his appeal.<\/p>\n The Canadian rapper, who is currently serving a 10-year sentence over the 2020 incident, saw his appeal get rejected on Wednesday (November 12) by the appellate court, who found \u201cno errors\u201d in his conviction nor his sentence.<\/p>\n In their 46-page ruling, the judges concluded that the testimony was \u201cmore than sufficient to support the jury\u2019s finding that [Tory Lanez] personally inflicted great bodily injury on [Megan Thee Stallion].\u201d<\/p>\n Tory (real name Daystar Peterson) made a number of claims in his appeal, including that evidence was improperly admitted, prosecutors engaged in misconduct during the 2022 trial and the jury was improperly instructed.<\/p>\n He also argued that the court should have sentenced him to the low term instead of the middle term.<\/p>\n Tory was found guilty of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.<\/p>\n The highly-publicized incident occured in July 2020 during a party at Kylie Jenner\u2019s Hollywood Hills home and resulted in Megan Thee Stallion being wounded in both feet<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Megan, she and Tory were arguing in the street when the Alone At Prom<\/em> rapper told her to \u201cdance, bitch\u201d and fired a weapon, injuring her in the feet.<\/p>\n She claimed that Tory later offered her $1 million to not say anything about what happened.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Megan Thee Stallion was granted a five-year restraining order<\/a> against Lanez over allegations that he was harassing her online from prison through third parties.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n