Tory Lanez to be sentenced for Megan Thee Stallion shooting

>>> TORY LANEZ IS EXPECTED TO BE SENT IN THIS MORNING IN LOS ANGELES. THE CANADIAN RAPPER WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THREE FELONIES IN RELATION TO THE SHOOTING OF MEGAN THEE STALLION THREE YEARS AGO. AN ATTORNEY AND PARTNER WITH LINKLATTERSLLP IS WITH US. >> IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG DAY. TODAY IS THE CULMINATION OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. OBVIOUSLY THIS CASE HAS DRAWN A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THE CELEBRITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED. BOTH ARE HIGH PROFILE RAPPERS. THERE WAS A LOT OF HYPE AND CONFUSION BASED AROUND THIS TRIAL. >>

IN TERMS OF PUNISHMENT, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT THE JUDGE WILL ALSO THINK ABOUT WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER TO GIVE HIM WHAT THE PROSECUTION IS ASKING OR SOMETHING LESS? >> THE PROSECUTOR IS ASKING FOR 13 YEARS, THE MAXIMUM BUT JUST TO GIVE HIM HIS OVER 22 YEARS, EXACTLY 22 YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS. THEY HAVE FOUND HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF CARRYING A WEAPON AND INDEED SHOOTING THAT WEAPON, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A FALL. THOSE I THINK THE JURY HAS A SON AND A JUDGE CANNOT TOUCH THAT. THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS. HIS

ACCEPTANCE OF REMORSE, WHETHER IN FACT THE VICTIM WAS MOLDABLE, WHETHER IN FACT THERE WERE MITIGATING FACTORS SUCH AS HIS SON THAT HE CARES FOR AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE

IN THE COMMUNITY WITH COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES. >> APPARENTLY HE HAD A LACK OF REMORSE, RIGHT? >> WHAT IS QUITE SHOCKING IN THE CASE IS THE FACT THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS AND MESSAGES SENT BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED. TORI LANES HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE FROM START TO FINISH. EVEN IN THE SENTENCING MEMO, 41 PAGES, IT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY BELIEVE IN THE TOTALITY OF THE

EVIDENCE THAT INDEED THIS CASE HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN, WHICH IS SORT OF OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE A JURY HAS CONVICTED. >> THAT’S THE CASE BECOME A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME PRETTY FAMOUS PEOPLE? >> UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS SOME ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THE NOTORIETY OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED. THE VICTIM WILL MAKE A VICTIM STATEMENT TODAY. INVOLVED WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE COURT. IT’S UNCLEAR OF MEGAN THEE STALLION WILL COME. THERE ARE INDICATIONS SHE MIGHT’VE PREPARED A STATEMENT AND MAYBE SENDING SOMEONE THERE TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF. THE REAL WILDCARD IS

TORI LANES CAN MAKE A STATEMENT. WHAT IS HE GOING TO SAY? HE IS NOT TRULY APOLOGIZE OR ACCEPT A REMORSE. IT SHOULD BE A REALLY EXCITING DAY. >> I THINK WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM IN THE WAY WE HAVE FROM NEGATIVE STALLION. SHE HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH GAYLE KING WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW TRAUMATIC THE INCIDENT WAS FOR HER AND ALSO WHERE SHE WAS IN HER LIFE. THAT SHE DID FEEL LIKE SHE WAS IN A VULNERABLE PLACE AND OPEN TO SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE PERHAPS SHE WOULD NOT HAVE. IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS. I’M SURE

PEOPLE WILL HEAR US TALKING ABOUT THIS AND THINK IS THAT HE ALREADY IN JAIL? WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG? >> THE PROCESS IS VERY COMPLEX. HONESTLY BECAUSE HE PLED INNOCENT THAT WITH A FULL TRIAL. AS YOU KNOW MEGAN THEE STALLION INITIALLY SAID SHE HAS ARE THE GLASS IN HER FEET. THERE WAS ALSO A FRIEND INVOLVED THERE WAS A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP GOING ON BETWEEN MEGAN THEE STALLION AND THE FRIEND AND THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE. THERE WERE ALSO WITNESSES THAT SEEM TO DISAPPEAR. THERE WAS A CHANGE OF DEFENSE COUNSEL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THERE WERE TWO

ATTEMPTS TO RECUSE THE JUDGE. THIS CAS HAS HAD IT ALL AND THAT TAKES A LONG TIME. EVEN WITH THIS, WHATEVER THE SENTENCE THAT IS GIVEN THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE AN APPEAL AN