As Tory Lanez awaits felony charges for shooting and injuring Megan Thee Stallion in an attack in Los Angeles two years ago, the rapper is now facing allegations that he died in Chicago over the weekend Singer August Alsina attacked.
Alsina’s allegations, which were shared online with multiple photos showing the Louisiana crooner’s bloody lip and other wounds, are now the subject of an extrastate investigation by the Los Angeles County Attorney’s Office prosecuting the gun attack on Megan.
“We are aware of the allegations that the defendant attacked the artist August Alsina and are investigating these allegations. The allegations are serious and are being thoroughly investigated,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement to Rolling Stone.
It was Sunday when Alsina claimed in a series of graphic Instagram posts that Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, assaulted him at the Fall Back In Love Comedy & Music Jam show, which was held at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago on Saturday night took place.
Alsina, 30, described Peterson as a hyperactive “goblin” who rushed up to him with eight “oversized” bodyguards to ask him why the singer hadn’t “padded him up,” meaning shaking his hand. Alsina says he replied that he didn’t think the two were friends and that his doctor had advised him to avoid shaking hands amid ongoing concerns about Covid and monkeypox. (Video by Alsina leave Peterson hanging made the rounds on social media.)
The singer shared additional photos showing pink, fleshy wounds on the inside of his lip, near an elbow and on a knee. He claims he was the victim of a “surreptitious assault” by Peterson, who then allegedly “ran back into the building.”
Chicago police confirmed to Rolling Stone that a 30-year-old man was allegedly “slapped in the face” by another 30-year-old man around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, listing a location consistent with the theater.
“Detectives are investigating,” the department says, refusing to name the victim. The department says offenders will only be identified by name if they have been charged or a warrant has been issued.
Peterson’s Los Angeles defense attorney did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
Meanwhile, prosecutors in Megan’s case had no problem getting involved. They previously asked the judge hearing their assault case to revoke or increase the rapper’s bail because he allegedly violated protective orders.
Peterson, 30,’s bail was increased to $250,000 in September 2021 after a judge found he violated orders to come within 100 yards of Megan or molest her in any way. Prosecutors said he attended Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival in July 2021 and “tried to storm the stage” while Megan was performing. Disguised in a costume, he also hopped onstage with DaBaby while Megan was still at the venue performing her song “Cry Baby,” prosecutors said in their bail application, which was obtained by Rolling Stone.
Peterson’s bail was increased again to $350,000 in April after a judge found the “SKAT” rapper had violated protective orders that prohibited him from harassing Megan or discussing the discovery in the case with outsiders.
The start of Peterson’s Los Angeles criminal trial was postponed again last week after a judge set a new return date for November 28. Prosecutors say they expect jury selection to begin on December 5.