Rapper Tory Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, received a temporary restraining order against a correctional officer at California Men’s Colony, after his attorney said a guard planned to move him to a “more dangerous housing yard” amid threats. The m
For the third time that his legal fight has collided with prison life, Tory Lanez is asking a judge to step in—this time to keep a correctional officer away.
On Wednesday, May 27, the 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was granted a temporary restraining order against a correctional officer at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, according to documents obtained by a major U.S. news outlet.
The order was issued while Lanez awaits upcoming court dates, after officials said he was attacked in California prison and stabbed 14 times, which led to hospitalization.
The request for temporary emergency relief was also filed May 27. Lanez’s attorney, Crystal Morgan, alleged that a guard with the Division of Rehabilitative Programs revealed plans to move the artist to “a more dangerous housing yard” within the facility.
Morgan’s filing described the fear as immediate and personal. The documents state that “due to ongoing threats, intimidation, and harassment,” Lanez and his legal counsel fear for his life.
In addition to the restraining order, the application asks for specific limits on contact. Lanez is asking the correctional officer to have no direct contact with him “except as strictly necessary for ordinary functions. ” and to ensure that “at no time are the correctional officer and [Lanez] to be alone.”.
The filing also seeks an instruction that all institution personnel “be ordered not to retaliate against” the musician. Lanez further asked that all related records be preserved, including “video, incident reports, logs, electronic mail, memoranda, grievances, and other records.”
The legal dispute has been building for months. In April, Lanez filed a $100 million lawsuit seeking damages from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as the warden at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi and 50 correctional officers.
That lawsuit points to the 2025 attack in which Lanez was stabbed over a dozen times by another inmate and suffered two collapsed lungs.
The restraining-order request says the same theme—threats and interference—has continued since Lanez sued. Morgan alleged that after the lawsuit was filed, the officer at Lanez’s current facility referenced Lanez’s “near-fatal attack in a threatening manner.”
Morgan wrote in the filing: “The retaliation. threats. and interference with [Lanez]’s access to the courts are ongoing. immediate. andescalating. and they place [Lanez] at risk of further injury before the Court can hear the matter on full notice.” She added: “The conduct at issue is an ongoing threat to [Lanez]’s safety. Such a harm cannot be undone by a later judgment or through money damages.”.
Lanez is not just contesting how he’s been treated behind bars—he is also tied up in a long list of criminal convictions and sentencing details. He is serving a 10-year prison sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.
His criminal case includes a 2022 conviction of assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence after he allegedly shot Megan in the ankle during an argument in the Los Angeles area in 2020.
During his trial, Lanez pleaded not guilty on all counts.
A judge granted the terms of the temporary restraining order as Lanez awaits his upcoming court dates—leaving the next question to play out in court: whether the alleged threats can be contained. and whether the prison system will be required to adjust how it manages contact and housing after Lanez’s allegations of fear and escalation.
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