Megan Thee Stallion (legal name Megan Pete) won a federal defamation verdict on Monday after a Miami jury found Texas blogger Milagro Cooper (known online as Milagro Gramz) liable for spreading false claims about the rapper and circulating an AI-generated pornographic video that was intended to show her.
The jury’s initial total was $75,000, after legal adjustments related to Cooper being treated as a media defendant, which required Pete to file a cease and desist with Cooper in order to prevail on a defamation suit, the amount Pete may actually recover was reduced to $59,000.
Pete sued Cooper in October 2024, accusing the blogger of acting as a “paid surrogate” for Tory Lanez by publishing falsehoods about the 2020 shooting incident and amplifying a manipulated sexual video. According to Pete’s attorneys, this conduct cost her contracts and devastated her mental health. In court, Pete testified that the harassment left her depressed and that she spent months in intensive therapy.
Cooper, who testified and addressed the courtroom afterward, and said she was relieved the trial was over. Cooper's attorney spoke with CBS Miami, expressing that, "At the end of the day, it was not a complete win for any side.”
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