UPDATED: Megan Thee Stallion has issued a statement clarifying the incident in which she was wounded over the weekend. “I suffered gunshot wounds as a result of a crime that was committed against me and done with the intention to physically harm me,” she said in her first statement since the incident took place early Sunday.
Megan and an unidentified woman were in a car with rapper Tory Lanez when he was arrested early Sunday for having a concealed weapon in the vehicle, after officers received reports that Lanez was present when shots were fired outside a house in the Hollywood Hills. Megan (real name: Megan Pete) was not arrested but was reported by TMZ to have suffered an injury to her foot due to broken glass on the floor of the car. However, according to Megan’s statement, that is not the case.
“The narrative that is being reported about Sunday’s morning events are inaccurate and I’d like to set the record straight,” she wrote. “On Sunday morning, I suffered gunshot wounds, as a result of a crime that was committed against me and done with the intention to physically harm me. I was never arrested, the police officers drove me to the hospital where I underwent surgery to remove the bullets. I’m incredibly grateful to be alive and that I’m expected to make a full recovery, but it was important for me to clarify the details about this traumatic night. I’m currently focused on my recovery, so I can return back to my life and back to making music as soon as possible.”
She added in a comment on Instagram, “I was never arrested. This whole experience was an eye opener and a blessing in disguise. I hate that it took this experience for me to learn how to protect my energy.”
She did not identify who fired the shots that injured her; reps for Megan, Tory Lanez and the LAPD did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for further information.
Shortly before Megan posted her statement, TMZ posted distant video footage of Lanez’s arrest, in which we see Megan leaving the vehicle with her hands raised, and later handcuffed. Another woman is seen near the vehicle, possible Megan’s friend Kelsey Nicole, who posted on Instagram that she was present at the shooting (but was not the person with the gun), in response to “rumors that I shot Megan.”
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#MeganTheeStallion’s bestfriend #KelseyNicole speaks after Meg revealed she suffered gun shot wounds! (SWIPE)
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Earlier in the evening, Megan and Tory Lanez (real name: Daystar Peterson) attended a party at Kylie Jenner’s house; Megan posted video of the three of them lounging in a pool before being interrupted by an unseen man off-screen telling them that the music had to be turned down because “PD are here.”
Later that evening, the two were in a vehicle outside a house in Hollywood where gunshots were fired into the air. The two left the scene with an unidentified woman in the car; police were given a description of the vehicle and pulled over Lanez shortly after. They found a gun in the car and he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon in his vehicle. He has not been charged in connection with the earlier incident where gunshots were fired into the air.
While some reports speculated that Jenner was in the car with them at the time of Lanez’s arrest, a rep for Jenner told Variety on Tuesday, “She was not in the car.”
According to the police report, Lanez was arrested on felony charges at 4:40 a.m. Sunday and released on a $35,000 bond around six hours later. He has a court date scheduled for Oct. 13.
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I was never arrested. This whole experience was an eye opener and a blessing in disguise. I hate that it took this experience for me to learn how to protect my energy.
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