Rapper Tory Lanez sues California prison system for $100 million over stabbing by inmate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Tory Lanez He sued the California prison system, saying he should never have been housed with a friend prisoner who stabbed himself 16 times last year.
Lanez, 33, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the guards and jailers at the Tehachapi prison where he is being held, seeking $100 million in damages.
He was stabbed 16 times in the back, torso, head and face during an “unprovoked, life-threatening attack” by inmate Santino Casio, who used a homemade “leg,” the lawsuit states. It is stated that Lanez’s lung collapsed and he had to be airlifted to the hospital.
lanez Serving 10 years in prison for armed assault hip hop star Megan Thee Stallion On the feet after a dramatic and high-profile trial in Los Angeles in 2022.
Prison officials say he was attacked on May 12, 2025 by Casio, who is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Casio had another conviction for assault with a deadly weapon on a prisoner in 2008 and another for manufacturing a deadly weapon in 2018.
“The choice to house Casio with Peterson was known or should have been a known danger,” the lawsuit states. He alleges that corrections officers’ response was slow and that no special measures, such as flash grenades or smoke grenades, were used to stop Casio. The report states that the institution housed men despite the rapper’s “high-profile celebrity status” which made him a target.
There is no record of Casio being blamed for the attack. The attorney who previously represented him did not respond to messages seeking comment at the time.
Lanez was transferred to another prison, the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo County.
The lawsuit also states that the defendants illegally seized songbooks containing unpublished lyrics of great future commercial value and refused to return them.
In response to a request for comment, Department of Corrections spokesman Ike Dodson said the agency does not comment on pending litigation.
The case was first reported by TMZ.
Lanez was like that. convicted of three crimes In December 2022: assault with a semi-automatic firearm; possession of a loaded, unlicensed firearm in the vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
california court rejected his objection In November.
Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete, testified at the hearing After leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home in July 2020, Lanez fired the gun from the back of her foot and yelled at her to dance as she walked away from the SUV they were in.
he had Bullet fragments were surgically removed from both feet. He publicly identified Lanez as the person who fired the gun months after the incident.
Lanez, a 32-year-old Canadian, began releasing mixtapes in 2009 and has seen a steady rise in popularity and major record labels; two of which reached the top 10 on the Billboard charts.
