Di inmate wey dem accuse say e stab rapper Tory Lanez plenti times for prison don talk say na self-defense e do, say e hear say Lanez put bounty for e head. As e dey talk for recorded prison call, di inmate wey dem call Santino Casio—wey already dey serve life sentence—confess say na true e stab Lanez, but e talk say na because e dey fear for e own life.
Casio talk say prison gist bin dey fly say Lanez wan make person kill am and don promise money for who go do am. E talk say wahala start when e jam Lanez and notice something for e pocket wey look like weapon. Casio talk say as e believe say im life dey for danger, na im make am act first, stab Lanez 14 times. E say no be to kill am, but to protect imself.
Even with how violent di matter be, Casio talk say im get mixed feelings. E sound like person wey small remorse dey e mind but im no fully apologize. E also talk say e self chop stab wound for e leg during di fight, wey make am still believe say Lanez get weapon.
Casio talk say before di gbege, dem two dey live near each other for California Correctional Institution for Tehachapi and dem dey get along well before wahala start.
Tory Lanez chop stab seven times for back, four times for body, and three times for head earlier this month. Dem carry am go hospital, later carry am back to prison. Di matter don cause public worry, even rapper Drake and U.S. Rep Anna Paulina Luna don beg California Governor Gavin Newsom make e pardon Lanez. Lanez dey serve sentence for di 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
Lanez legal team don talk say all wetin Casio talk na “big lie.” Dem point out say Casio na violent criminal wey dey serve life sentence. Dem describe di attack as “savage and brutal,” and talk say di thing show how dangerous prison life be for Lanez. Dem still dey say Lanez no guilty and dem wan make dem release am quick, say di whole matter na “big injustice.”
