Megan Thee Stallion’s boyfriend of greater than two years, artist and songwriter Pardison Fontaine, has been a staple within the rapper’s interior circle within the lead-up to and thru the length of the felony assault trial in opposition to Tory Lanez, who allegedly shot her throughout an altercation in July 2020. Regardless of not being a plaintiff within the trial, Megan has been the goal of rampant misinformation and in depth backlash for talking out in regards to the hurt she experiences.
In a brand new assertion, Fontaine, recognized extra ceaselessly as Pardi, mirrored on the double-edged sword that ladies like Megan usually face once they determine to pursue justice. “To any lady, particularly ones of coloration, that has suffered an injustice I really feel for you,” he wrote on Instagram following closing arguments within the trial on Thursday. “Once you do discover the braveness to talk up .. it appears you may be ridiculed .. your credibility will [be] questioned .. your total previous will likely be held below a magnifying glass.”
Early within the trial, which started Dec. 12, Megan testified in opposition to Lanez, talking for greater than three hours about her “terrified” response to the capturing and the general public response that made her “want he would have simply shot and killed me (relatively than) must undergo this torture.”
At one level, she testified: “There may be not a day that goes by the place someone isn’t calling me a liar or isn’t shaming me for being a grown lady and having intercourse. This complete story has not been in regards to the capturing, it’s solely been about who’s Tory having intercourse with. I don’t perceive why that issues.”
In his assertion, Fontaine echoed important factors made in Megan’s testimony about sufferer shaming. “Instantly you may go from sufferer to defendant within the eyes of the general public,” he wrote. “To anybody with a daughter, sister, mom, niece, or aunt .. I pray for his or her safety. I pray for his or her overlaying. I wouldn’t want this on anybody.”
In her 2022 cowl story with Rolling Stone, Megan spoke candidly about worrying that her previous traumas would type a blockade inside her relationship however appreciating that Fontaine has stood beside her via all of it. “I admire him for loving on me even after I don’t really feel like I really like me,” she mentioned. “I’ve plenty of nervousness, and I do know I’m in all probability depressed on some stage. I’ll be like, ‘Rattling, you actually sticking via it?’”