Man who allegedly attacked rapper Tory Lanez in California prison has previous conviction for assault on inmate

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES Government noted Tuesday that a man who attacked rapper Tory Lanez in a California prison is an inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder who was previously convicted for an in-prison assault with a deadly weapon Lanez was in fair condition a day after the attack in a housing unit at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi where he s serving a -year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet Pedro Calderon Michel spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation disclosed in an email Personnel did not specify how Lanez was attacked but a message posted on the rapper s Instagram account Monday evening stated Lanez was stabbed times and both his lungs collapsed This June photo provided by the California Department of Corrections shows inmate Santino Casio who is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder who was previously convicted for an in-prison assault with a deadly weapon California Department of Corrections via AP Prison representatives identified the alleged attacker as Santino Casio He has been put in restricted housing pending an inquiry by the prison and the Kern County District Attorney s Office Casio has been in the facility since after he was sentenced to life with parole attainable for convictions of second-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder In he was sentenced to six more years for assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon and in he was sentenced to two more years for possession and manufacture of a deadly weapon by a prisoner An email seeking comment sent to an attorney who previously represented Casio was not forthwith answered The prison is about miles kilometers north of Los Angeles in the mountains of the Mojave Desert and houses about medium- and maximum-security inmates In December Lanez was convicted of three felonies assault with a semiautomatic firearm having a loaded unregistered firearm in a motorcycle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence Megan whose legal name is Megan Pete testified during the trial that in July after they left a party at Kylie Jenner s Hollywood Hills home Lanez fired the gun at the back of her feet and shouted for her to dance as she walked away from an SUV in which they had been riding Related Articles Salman Rushdie pulls out as California university graduation speaker No nudity New Cannes dress code forces Halle Berry to change outfits Donald and Melania Trump are essentially separated biographer says Bill Murray and Bob Woodward still beefing over John Belushi book Lauren Sanchez is very influential in how Bezos runs the Washington Post She had bullet fragments in both feet that had to be surgically removed It wasn t until months after the occurrence that she publicly identified Lanez as the person who had fired the gun A judge rejected a motion for a new trial from Lanez s lawyers who are appealing his conviction They had no immediate comment after the attack Megan in recent weeks alleged that Lanez was harassing her from prison through surrogates and in January a judge issued a protective order through ordering him to stop any such harassment or any other contact The -year-old Canadian Lanez began releasing mixtapes in and saw a steady rise in popularity moving on to major label albums two of which reached the top on Billboard s charts The Monday Instagram post on Lanez s status announced he was talking normally in good spirits and deeply thankful to God that he is pulling through