Tory Lanez better be ready, because The California prison system is fighting back against his $100 million stabbing lawsuit. That lawsuit grew out of a violent attack on Tory Lanez that took place on May 12, 2025 inside a Tehachapi prison. As AllHipHop’s original reporting on the stabbing detailed, a fellow prisoner named Santino Casio approached Peterson with a shank he’d fashioned inside California Correctional Institution. The state also argues Eleventh Amendment immunity shields the agency from every claim Tory Lanez brought regardless of whether it arises under state or federal law. Tory Lanez entered prison after a Los Angeles jury convicted him of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in July 2020.