Tory Lanez Sues California Prison for $100M

0:00It's April 18th. I'm Cory with the story. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News. Today, driven by AI and built for the culture. Rapper, Tori Linnez, just dropped a massive federal lawsuit against the California prison system, hitting them with a $100 million claim. The 33-year-old, real-name Daystar Peterson, says they messed up big time by housing him with a dangerous inmate who stabbed him 16. Times in the back, torso, head, and face last year. That attacks in him to the hospital with a collapsed lung after an airlift from Tihachapi prison. He's pulling no punches in the suit, blaming the Department of Corrections, the Warden, and guards for pairing him with Santino Casio, a guy doing, life for second-degree murder and attempted murder, plus prior weapon convictions. Linnez argues his high-profile status made him an easy target, and the officers dragged their feet on the response without using tools like flash. Grenades Fans and folks in the hip-hop world are buzzing about this, especially since Linnez is midway

1:02through a 10-year bid for shooting Megan thee Stallion, and the feet back in July 2020. That high-stakes trial in Los Angeles painted him as the shooter after a party gone wrong, and his appeal got shot down last November. On top of the stabbing claims, he's mad they seized his songbooks full of unpublished lyrics, worth big money, and won't give them back. No charges hit Casio for the incident, and Linnez got moved to the California men's colony in San Luis Obispo County for safety. Prison spokespeople are staying mom on the pending case, but this suit keeps Linnez's story in the spotlight as he fights from behind bars.