Megan Thee Stallion Sues YouTuber Over ‘Lies’ About Tory Lanez Case
Megan Thee Stallion is suing a YouTuber and social media persona who she claims is a “mouthpiece and puppet” for Tory Lanez, accusing the girl of “churning out falsehoods” concerning the legal case stemming from Lanez taking pictures her.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, attorneys for the rapper (Megan Pete) accused Milagro Gramz (Milagro Elizabeth Cooper) of finishing up a public marketing campaign to “denigrate, belittle, insult, and spread false statements” about her.
That allegedly included Gramz sharing a pornographic “deepfake” depicting the rapper – a transfer that Megan’s legal professionals say violate a Florida statute banning “altered sexual depictions” of actual folks.
“Enough is enough,” writes Megan’s attorneys on the regulation agency Quinn Emanuel. “Ms. Pete—a victim of violent crime and champion of women’s rights to her millions of fans worldwide—will no longer stand for defendant’s campaign of harassment.”
The lawsuit additionally accused Gramz of cyberstalking, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and invasion of privateness.
In an announcement posted to X (previously Twitter), Gramz acknowledged the lawsuit, saying she had “been informed that I’m being sued by Alex Spiro on behalf of his client Megan Thee Stallion.” After quoting from a menace letter, she mentioned: “Of course we’ll chat about it. They threw in the tape too.”
The new case got here days after a high-profile false story about Megan and Lanez – claiming incorrectly that an appeals court docket had declared “innocent” within the taking pictures — circulated on social media. Spiro, Megan’s very long time lawyer, warned yesterday that he was planning authorized motion over such “nonsense.”
Lanez (Daystar Peterson) was convicted in December 2022 on three felony counts over the violent 2020 incident, by which he shot on the ft of Megan throughout an argument following a pool get together at Kylie Jenner’s home within the Hollywood Hills. In August 2023, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail. He has filed an enchantment, which stays pending.
In the brand new lawsuit, Megan’s attorneys say Gramz repeatedly unfold falsehoods concerning the case, together with questioning whether or not she was even shot and claiming she was “caught trying to deceive the courts.” More not too long ago, they are saying Gramz has pushed the “outlandish claim” that the gun used within the taking pictures had gone lacking.
“Defendant Cooper’s statements recklessly disregarded the truth and suggested that the firearm was never presented in court because it had allegedly disappeared. It has not,” Megan’s legal professionals write. “The firearm remains in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department.”
As for the deepfake video, the lawsuit doesn’t accuse Gramz of straight creating or posting the video, however claims that she “encouraged her followers” to observe it, together with by pointing customers to a put up that had straight shared the video.
“Defendant Cooper willfully and maliciously promoted the Deepfake Video without Ms. Pete’s consent,” Megan’s legal professionals write.