Tory Lanez has filed a lawsuit over his prison stabbing and is seeking $100 million in damages.
The singer/rapper filed the lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as the warden and 50 correctional officers at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi.
According to TMZ, Lanez says in the lawsuit that he was stabbed 16 times last May and, as a result, suffered permanent facial scarring and two collapsed lungs.
He also mentions the person who allegedly stabbed him, Santino Casio, and claims that the prison made a mistake by housing them together due to the latter’s “violent history.” The rapper also claims that warden Danny Samuel violated protocols by placing the two together.
Lanez also alleged that the prison staff, who he says were nowhere to be found during his stabbing, showed "deliberate indifference to foreseeable violence.” While he was recovering in a hospital, Lanez also alleges that his songbooks with unpublished lyrics were taken, along with notes for his attorney. He claims that the lyrics have “substantial commercial value.”
Lanez’s $100 million request for damages includes $1 million per stab wound and $10 million for facial scarring. He’s also requesting that the confiscated songbooks be returned to him.
After Lanez was stabbed last year, Casio reportedly revealed on a phone call that he’d heard rumors that Lanez wanted to harm him. He also alleged that after hearing those rumors, he saw Lanez with a weapon in his pocket.
Because of that, Casio allegedly attacked him — however, he claimed he wasn’t trying to kill the singing rapper.
After the stabbing, Lanez was transferred to the California Men's Colony prison.
