A Florida jury sided with Megan Thee Stallion on Monday, agreeing that a blogger defamed and harassed the rapper after she was shot five years ago by R&B musician Tory Lanez.
The federal panel of five men and four women came down in favor of the artist born Megan Pete in her lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz, whose real name is Milagro Cooper.
Jurors initially awarded the plaintiff $75,000 before U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga knocked it down to $59,000.
The musician accused the blogger of being a “mouthpiece,” “puppet” and “paid surrogate” for Lanez, who shot Megan on July 15, 2020, in Los Angeles.
Jurors found that Cooper willfully encouraged her thousands of followers on X and Instagram to view a sexually explicit deepfake video of Pete that had been circulating on social media.
Lanez shot Pete in the foot after the pair left a party at Kylie Jenner’s home in 2020.
He was sentenced to up to 10 years behind bars.
Pete said she’s been struggling with mental health issues since the shooting and harassment from the blogger.
(NBC News)
