Ahead of Tory Lanez's sentencing on August 7, the rapper’s lawyers filed a court memo requesting that he be sentenced to probation and a stay in a drug treatment facility instead of prison.
Prosecutors had previously requested that the judge sentence Lanez — real name Daystar Peterson — to 13 years in prison, but the rapper’s defense argued in a 41-page memo that Lanez should instead be sent to rehab, citing his alcohol addiction and severe childhood trauma,However, Peterson’s lawyers declined to admit their client’s guilt in the memo, as Peterson has continued to maintain his innocence even after being convicted of the charges: The evidence is “questionable at best and by no...
“Assuming the allegations are true, Mr. Peterson’s psychological, physical, and childhood trauma was a factor in the commission of the offense,” the memo stated. “Likewise, the current offense is connected to Mr. Peterson’s childhood trauma and mental illness, alcohol-use disorder,” which “compromised his ability to manage and regulate his emotions and behaviors and that his alcohol use disorder played a significant role in the alleged offenses.”
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