Tory Lanez claims he's innocent on Instagram Live, but Megan Thee Stallion calls him 'crazy'

Tory Lanez is once again breaking his silence after Megan Thee Stallion alleged he was the one who shot her in the feet this past summer. Nearly two weeks after he was formally charged, the Grammy-winning artist took to social media in an attempt to clear his name.In an Instagram Live video on October 20, Lanez spoke directly to the camera and claimed the allegations against him are not true. “The last three months of my life I’ve been in this place where you know, I’ve been bashed, I’ve been cut through. Just people every single day coming at me, coming at me, coming at me,” he said. “And it’s crazy because the whole thing about it is like, when this whole debacle or whatever you call it, came about, the whole time it’s like she knows what happened, I know what happened. And we know that what you’re saying and what the alleged things and the alleged accusations of my name is are not true. It’s falsified information. It’s false information and it’s not accurate information.”

Tory Lanez finally addressed the situation with Megan Thee Stallion and says that while he still considers Meg a friend, some of the claims that have been said about him are false ???pic.twitter.com/2Umh3USOVT

— Power 106 (@Power106LA) October 21, 2020

The 28-year-old then went on to reveal that as far as he’s concerned, he and Meg are actually still friends. “I don’t ever want to come off here like I’m here to bash this girl or I’m here to talk down about this girl,” he said. “Or ever be at a place where like, I’m disrespecting her. Because to me as a person she’s still my friend. No matter what, even if she doesn’t look at me like that, I look at her like she’s still my friend.”From the sounds of things, the feeling is not mutual. Shortly after Lanez posted the video for his nearly 10 million followers to see, Stallion responded on Twitter by seemingly calling Lanez crazy.

This Nigga genuinely crazy

— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) October 21, 2020

This isn’t the first time Lanez has denied allegations that he shot Stallion several times on July 12 while she was exiting a vehicle following an argument. On October 9 he went on Twitter and reminded people that, “A charge is not a conviction,” and to say that, “The truth will come to the light.” He also informally denied the allegations in late September with his new album Daystar, and fans weren’t loving the way he appeared to be using the shooting to promote his new tunes.[video_embed id='2019595']RELATED: Megan Thee Stallion says Tory Lanez shot her[/video_embed]Last week Lanez appeared by phone at a hearing in L.A. County court for what was originally supposed to be his arraignment. However, his attorney was granted a continuance, and as a result there was no plea entered against the count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, or the count of carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. If convicted, Lanez could face up to 22 years and eight months in prison. Until his hearings, he was also ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Meg, to not contact her, and to immediately surrender all of his firearms.The same day that Lanez phoned into court, Meg took hold of the conversation with a powerful op-ed in the New York Times speaking up on behalf of Black women everywhere. It was the perfect follow-up to a similar mood that she set during her Saturday Night Live musical appearance.“Too many men treat all women as objects, which helps them to justify inflicting abuse against us when we choose to exercise our own free will,” she wrote in the October 13 article. “From the moment we begin to navigate the intricacies of adolescence, we feel the weight of this threat, and the weight of contradictory expectations and misguided preconceptions. Many of us begin to put too much value to how we are seen by others. That’s if we are seen at all.”“The issue is even more intense for Black women, who struggle against stereotypes and are seen as angry or threatening when we try to stand up for ourselves and our sisters. There’s not much room for passionate advocacy if you are a Black woman,” she continued. “But you know what? I’m not afraid of criticism. We live in a country where we have the freedom to criticize elected officials. And it’s ridiculous that some people think the simple phrase ‘Protect Black women’ is controversial. We deserve to be protected as human beings. And we are entitled to our anger about a laundry list of mistreatment and neglect that we suffer.”[video_embed id='2041288']RELATED: Megan Thee Stallion, The Weeknd land on Time 100 list[/video_embed]