Megan Thee Stallion's Bodyguard Missing Ahead of Appearance at Tory Lanez Shooting Trial

Megan Thee Stallion's bodyguard was scheduled to testify on Friday at Tory Lanez’s felony assault trial. However, Justin Edison cannot be located.

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Megan Thee Stallion’s bodyguard was scheduled to testify on Friday at Tory Lanez’s felony assault trial. However, the Houston rapper’s security detail, Justin Edison, cannot be located. 

In a statement to shared with Complex, Meg’s attorney, Alex Spiro confirmed the news. “We recently learned that Justin Edison went missing right before he was scheduled to appear in court,” Spiro said. “The LAPD is currently looking into his disappearance, and welcome any information about his whereabouts.”

According to TMZ, the LAPD has yet to open a missing persons case for Edison.

Edison is the person that Megan’s former friend Kelsey Harris is claimed to have to sent a text message to following the 2020 incident involving Tory Lanez. Harris allegedly texted “Tory shot meg” and “help” to Edison. 

Prosecutor Alexander Bott showed visual of a series of text messages that Kelsey Harris sent Megan's bodyguard at 4:27 a.m., roughly five minutes after the shooting:

"Help"
"Tory shot Meg"
911"

— Nancy Dillon (@Nancy__Dillon) December 12, 2022

The trial against Tory Lanez, in which the Canadian rapper is accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, began on Monday in Los Angeles and featured Harris, who was in the car with Lanez and Megan during the incident in question, testifying.

Head here to catch up on what occurred in the courtroom over the past week. 

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