"Megan Thee Stallion won her defamation lawsuit against the blogger Milagro Gramz, real name Milagro Cooper, on December 1. Cooper was found liable for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and spreading a sexual deepfake of Megan after the rapper was shot in the foot by Tory Lanez in July 2020, per NBC News."
"In their filing, Megan's lawyers accused Cooper of being a "mouthpiece," "puppet," and "paid surrogate" for Lanez after the shooting. Her lawyers said Cooper had "acted on behalf of" Lanez as "an online rumor mill churning out falsehoods ... to her tens of thousands of social-media followers" and noted she was paid by Lanez's father, Sonstar Peterson, according to Local 10 Florida."
""I'm just happy," Megan said in a video shared by court reporter Meghann Cuniff outside the courtroom. Cooper, however, told NBC News she's "not ecstatic." "Of course, you want things to go your way, but like I said, I respect the jury and what they decided," she stated. Her lawyer, Jeremy McLymont, meanwhile, was pleased the damages were not higher. "We respect the jury's verdict - you always have to, right? Whether we agree with it or not, we respect it," he said. "At the end of the day, it was not a complete win for any side." Lanez, who in 2023 was convicted of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence, continues to serve his ten-year prison sentence."
Megan Thee Stallion won a defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Cooper, who was found liable for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and spreading a sexual deepfake after the rapper was shot in the foot by Tory Lanez in July 2020. A jury initially awarded $75,000 in damages, which Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga reduced to $59,000. Megan's lawyers accused Cooper of acting as a paid surrogate and online rumor mill for Lanez and noted payments from Lanez's father, Sonstar Peterson. Megan expressed happiness after the verdict; Cooper said she respected the jury. Lanez remains incarcerated on a ten-year sentence after 2023 convictions.
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