Tory Lanez’s Attacker Claims He Was Defending Himself

The person who stabbed Tory Lanez 14 occasions in jail says he was solely defending himself in opposition to the rapper.

Tory Lanez’s Attacker Speaks

On Could 24, TMZ spoke with Santino Casio, the inmate charged with viciously attacking the Canadian rapper on the California Correctional Establishment in Tehachapi, Calif., earlier this month. Casio gave the movie star information web site his facet of the story. He claims he and Tory had been cool for a 12 months after the entertainer arrived on the jail. Nevertheless, not too long ago, issues grew to become contentious. The day earlier than the stabbing, Casio confronted Tory.

“I heard some rumors that he was attempting to place cash on my head,” Casio tells TMZ beneath. “He felt uncomfortable dwelling subsequent to me. He mentioned I used to be a risk. So, I confronted him…He mentioned I put cash on his head. We had somewhat dialogue or no matter.”

Casio claims Tory mentioned “every kind of loopy sh*t.”

The following morning, Casio claims Tory confronted him at his cell with a smirk on his face and confirmed Casio he had what Casio believed was a weapon earlier than placing it again in his pocket. It was at that second, Casio says, that he rushed Tory.

“I snatched him. I took benefit of him,” Casio continues. “I threw him throughout and I simply stored slamming him and stabbing him.”

Casio says he wasn’t attempting to kill Tory. Nevertheless, he was defending himself as a result of he felt threatened on the time.

Casio says Tory was pleading for assist earlier than Casio lastly let him go.

“I want I may do sure issues over. However on the finish of the day, I felt like he threatened my life,” Casio says.

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Tory Lanez Recovering After Stabbing

On Could 12, information broke that Casio stabbed Tory Lanez 14 occasions throughout an altercation. Tory suffered wounds to his again, torso, again of his head and the left facet of his face. He was transported to a hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., the place he recovered from his accidents. After being taken again to CCI, he has since been transferred to California Males’s Colony jail.

Santino Casio has a historical past of violence. He was sentenced to life with the potential for parole for second-degree homicide, first-degree tried homicide, private use of a harmful or lethal weapon and inflicting nice bodily damage in 2004. Whereas incarcerated, on Jan. 3, 2008, he was sentenced to 6 years for assault by prisoner with a lethal weapon of power prone to trigger nice bodily damage, in-prison offense. On June 12, 2018, he was sentenced to 2 years for possession/manufacture of a lethal weapon by prisoner, in-prison offense.

Because the stabbing, Tory’s authorized staff has made a brand new push to get him launched from his 10-year jail bid for capturing Megan Thee Stallion. Two days after the stabbing, they hosted a press convention claiming to have new proof that exonerates Tory.