A lady named Raina Chassagne gagged social media on Monday (June 10) when reviews surfaced of her pending divorce from Tory Lanez. People on-line had been shocked to seek out out that the incarcerated rapper was married and his union was shortly coming to an finish.
In response to TMZ, Tory and Raina tied the knot on June 25, 2023. Final week, simply days earlier than their one-year anniversary, Raina filed for divorce. She reportedly listed “irreconcilable variations” as the explanation behind their cut up.
Particulars About Divorce Petition That Tory Lanez’s Spouse Filed
Regardless of getting married, Raina stored her final title (Chassagne) fairly than taking Tory’s. The Canadian native’s authorized title is Daystar Peterson.
Observe that Raina isn’t an entire stranger to the Tory Lanez fan base. She is the mom of Tory’s solely son, Kai’lon Peterson. In her divorce petition, Raina is in search of authorized and bodily custody of the seven-year-old. TMZ reviews that the mom has made efforts to take care of the daddy-son bond by taking Kai to go to Tory in jail.
No further particulars concerning the cut up or their “variations” have been reported. Particulars about their former relationship are additionally scarce. Neither Tory Lanez nor his illustration has publicly reacted to the information.
What’s Else Is Going On With Tory?
For context, Raina and Tory Lanez acquired married simply six months after a jury found him guilty of first-degree assault, discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, and carrying a hid and unregistered firearm in a automobile. The fees are associated to a extremely publicized case involving Megan Thee Stallion, who testified that Tory shot at her within the California neighborhood, putting at the very least considered one of her toes.
Then, in August 2023, a decide sentenced Tory to 10 years in jail. It had been lower than two months since Raina and Tory had exchanged vows.
Chatting with Entertainment Tonight on the time, an eyewitness claimed that his then-wife left the courtroom “in tears” after the sentencing made her “visibly shaken.”
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In response to BET, Tory filed an attraction to overturn his conviction in February of this yr. His lawyer on the time cited “inaccurate admission of proof” and “prosecutorial misconduct.” The submitting was reportedly 103 pages lengthy.
“Prosecutors made a number of improper appeals to emotion and sympathy [for Megan Thee Stallion during closing arguments],” Tory’s attorneys argued. They added that sympathy ought to “have had no beating” of their consumer’s innocence or guilt within the case.
Updates on that attraction are nonetheless pending.
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