{"id":418324,"date":"2025-12-02T00:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/418324\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T00:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:36:15","slug":"megan-thee-stallion-wins-defamation-trial-against-tory-lanezs-pal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/418324\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Thee Stallion Wins Defamation Trial Against Tory Lanez\u2019s Pal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA jury has held celebrity gossip blogger Milagro Gramz liable for defaming Megan Thee Stallion<\/a> and reposting a deepfake pornographic video of the rapper in the wake of her shooting by Tory Lanez<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA federal jury in Miami determined in a Monday (Dec. 1) verdict, reviewed by Billboard, that Gramz harmed Megan with her social media antics and awarded $75,000 in damages. That number will likely grow later on, since Megan won on a Florida law with a fee-shifting provision that could require Gramz to reimburse some of her hefty legal bills from the elite firm Quinn Emanuel.<\/p>\n

\n\tMegan\u2019s reps declined to comment on the verdict. A lawyer for Gramz, Jeremy McLymont<\/strong>, said in a statement, \u201cWe remain proud of the defense we presented and of Ms. Cooper\u2019s willingness to stand up for her voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMs. Pete and her attorneys asked the jury to send a message to the community by awarding Ms. Pete with an astronomical amount of damages,\u201d said McLymont. \u201cIndeed, the jury rejected Ms. Pete\u2019s request and refused to send any such message as shown by the nominal damages Ms. Pete recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tMegan\u2019s lawyers argued during the weeklong trial<\/a> that Gramz acted as Lanez\u2019s \u201cmouthpiece\u201d to spread misinformation and tank her reputation. Lanez (Daystar Peterson) is serving a 10-year prison sentence <\/a>after being convicted in 2022<\/a> of shooting Megan in the foot during a drunken argument following a pool party at Kylie Jenner\u2019s house in the Hollywood Hills. He continues to maintain his innocence, though the conviction was recently upheld on appeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tA loyal Lanez supporter, Gramz has for years used her social media presence to doubt the veracity of Megan\u2019s account. Many of her posts about the shooting case have been outright false, such as her claims that Lanez\u2019s gun supposedly went \u201cmissing.\u201d<\/a> Megan\u2019s lawsuit<\/a> also accused Gramz of violating a Florida law against \u201caltered sexual depictions\u201d by encouraging followers to watch a deepfake pornographic video of her.<\/p>\n

\n\tGramz denied being paid by Lanez and said her social media posts were First Amendment-protected journalism. The question of whether Gramz is a protected member of the media became a key issue during the trial. Jurors determined on Monday that she does have some media credentials, teeing up more post-trial litigation over whether the defamation verdict can stand.<\/p>\n

\n\tLanez himself was not a defendant or a witness in this trial. The Canadian rapper was supposed to give a videotaped deposition from prison, but was so uncooperative<\/a> during the repeated questioning from Megan\u2019s lawyers that he was held in contempt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis story has been updated to include additional details on the verdict and a statement from Gramz\u2019s lawyer.<\/p>\n


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