(EXCLUSIVE) Video & Still Images Show Tory Lanez’s 14-Time Prison Stabbing And His Aftermath Injuries

Earlier this month, a 42-year-old inmate on the California Correction Institution in Tehachapi allegedly stabbed Tory Lanez 14 occasions. The information broke the web with enthusiasts appearing deep fear for the rapper’s protection, who’s serving a 10-year sentence on fees associated with Megan Thee Stallion’s July 2020 capturing. In the most recent stabbing construction, The Shade Room has received unique video photos of Santino Casio attacking Lanez and footage of the bloody aftermath.

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RELATED: Statement Reveals Tory Lanez’s Condition After He Was Reportedly Stabbed 14 Times In Prison (UPDATE)

Video Shows Santino Casio Stabbing Tory Lanez Near Stairs

In a 39-second video TSR received, Tory Lanez is noticed leaving a mobile, however lingering close to its front. It’s unclear if any dialog used to be taking place between the rapper, Santino, or someone else as a result of simplest normal reformatory sounds may also be heard. However, the clip displays Lanez strolling in opposition to within sight stairs ahead of a person, now referred to as Casio, rushes him. The stabbing turns out initially Tory on his toes, although he briefly falls to the ground. About 21 seconds into the clip, Casio is above Tory, proceeding a stabbing movement whilst the rapper kicks his toes and makes an attempt to escape. Lanez saved screaming, “Oh God” all through the assault. Eventually, the artist escaped by means of operating down the steps and out of the digicam’s view ahead of the video cuts off. At this time, it sounds as if nobody intervened within the assault in spite of Tory Lanez’s screams.

Editor’s Note: The following content material incorporates depictions of graphic violence and accidents and could also be triggering.

EXCLUSIVE: The Shade Room obtains unique photos of Tory Lanez’s reformatory stabbing. #TSRStaffBD pic.twitter.com/RCV7cYdPe3

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Additionally, The Shade Room additionally received nonetheless photographs of the aftermath of Tory Lanez’s stabbing. In one photograph, he seems stunned with splashes of blood overlaying his face. A moment photograph displays his shirtless higher frame and gray pants lined in dripping blood.

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According to AP, the reformatory is ready 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Los Angeles within the mountains of the Mojave Desert and homes about 1,700 medium- and maximum-security inmates.

More Details About Tory Lanez’s Stabbing Aftermath

After the incident, a jail spokesperson published that Santino stabbed Tory Lanez at about 7:20 a.m. native time, in step with the Associated Press. The May 12 assault become public wisdom amid a document from TMZ and a social media observation from the rapper’s crew that very same day. The publish claimed Lanez used to be punctured 14 occasions, resulting in either one of his lungs collapsing. However, the observation additionally clarified he used to be respiring independently after receiving assist within the reformatory, and follow-up clinical remedy at an out of doors health facility. “…He is talking normally, in good spirits, and deeply thankful to God that he is pulling through,” the crew observation stated.

Who Is Santino Casio?

In the times after the reformatory stabbing, extra main points got here to gentle concerning the attacker, Santino Casio. For instance, the 42-year-old used to be already serving a lifestyles sentence for homicide ahead of stabbing Tory Lanez. Additionally, Casio has a conviction for some other in-prison attack with a perilous weapon. Immediately after the incident with Lanez, reformatory officers positioned Casio in limited housing pending an investigation.

Santino Casio has been within the facility the place the incident passed off since 2004, after he used to be sentenced to lifestyles, with parole imaginable, for convictions of second-degree homicide and first-degree tried homicide. In 2008, he used to be sentenced to 6 extra years for the attack of a prisoner with a perilous weapon. In 2018, he used to be sentenced to 2 extra years for ownership and manufacture of a perilous weapon by means of a prisoner.

Less than per week in the past, Santino Casio reportedly advised TMZ that he believed Tory Lanez had “put a price on his head.” Casio stated he had heard the rumors during the “prison grapevine.”  On the morning of the assault, the 42-year-old claims he noticed a “suspicious lump” in Tory’s pocket, which he concept used to be a weapon. Casio admitted to attacking Tory Lanez first out of alleged self-defense. Casio additionally reportedly advised the hole that he had a “decent relationship” with the rapper ahead of the stabbing.

Rapper’s Team Is Fighting For His Release, But Megan Thee Stallion Isn’t Here For It

Also price noting, Megan Thee Stallion aired out Tory Lanez and his criminal crew in a social media publish ultimate week. Her fiery phrases, together with calling the convicted rapper a “demon,” adopted Tory’s crew mentioning “new evidence” within the closed capturing case. In a press convention after the stabbing, his criminal protection known bodyguard Bradley James as a brand new witness. James alleges that he overheard a telephone dialog by which Kelsey Harris, his former employer, admitted to capturing at Megan 3 times ahead of Tory allegedly intervened. Bradley didn’t talk on the convention.

Meanwhile, U.S. Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna has joined efforts to loose Tory Lanez. Last week, Luna introduced a social media marketing campaign asking California Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon the rapper, mentioning proof discrepancies and constitutional considerations. A pass judgement on in the past rejected a movement for a brand new trial, however his legal professionals proceed to enchantment the conviction, in step with Luna.

Tory Lanez’s trial integrated:
– Prosecutorial misconduct
– Exclusion of mitigating components
– Use of safe speech (rap lyrics, tattoos) as proof
– Witness contradictions
– Immunity offers with unclear motives
This isn’t how justice is meant to paintings.

— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) May 20, 2025

As discussed, Megan didn’t chunk her tongue whilst verbally dragging Tory Lanez in her TikTook publish. She doubled down on naming him the shooter within the 2020 incident. Additionally, she known as him out for harassing her post-conviction, in spite of opting for to not take the witness stand in his case. Her criminal crew has since launched a breakdown of why they imagine the “new evidence” from Tory’s protection is not anything to get riled up over.

Hours ahead of The Shade Room received video of the reformatory stabbing, a brand new episode of TSR Investigates dropped. It options interviews of Megan’s criminal protection, Marie Hayrapetian, and Janet Shamlian, as soon as once more shutting down “conspiracy theories” concerning the capturing case. Take a glance under:

RELATED: Megan Thee Stallion Slams “Demon” Tory Lanez & His Legal Team’s Claim Of New Evidence In Closed Case: “YOU SHOT ME” 

The Shade Room Social Manager, Brianne Deville, first reported this unique. Associated Press Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton additionally contributed to this document.