MIAMI — A federal jury sided with Megan Thee Stallion on Monday, agreeing that a blogger defamed and harassed the rapper — but limited damages to less than six figures.
A federal panel of five men and four women sided with artist Megan Peet, whose real name is Milagro Cooper, in her lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramps.
The civil suit was over material posted by the defendant after the plaintiff was shot by R&B musician Tory Lanez five years ago.
Jurors initially awarded the plaintiffs $75,000, before U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga reduced it to $59,000.
The rapper refused to answer any questions from reporters as he left the court.
The defendant did not appear particularly pleased or distressed by the panel’s findings.
“I’m not happy,” Cooper said. “Of course you want things to go your way but like I said, I respect the jury and what they decided.”
The blogger’s attorney, Jeremy McClymont, said he was grateful that jurors did not award seven points in damages.
He said, “We respect the jury’s decision you always have to do what is right? Whether we agree with it or not, we respect it.”
“At the end of the day it was not a complete victory for either side.”
The musician accused the blogger of being a “mouthpiece,” “puppet” and “paid surrogate” for Lanez, who shot Megan in Los Angeles on July 15, 2020.
Jurors found that Cooper knowingly encouraged thousands of his followers on X and Instagram to view an sexually explicit deepfake video of Pete that was circulating on social media.
In 2020, Lanez shot Peet in the leg after leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s house.
A Los Angeles jury found Lenz, whose real name is Destar Peterson, guilty of three felony charges on December 23, 2022: assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
He was sentenced to up to 10 years behind bars.
Peet said she has been struggling with mental health issues since the firing and the harassment of the blogger.
Juliet Arcodia from Miami and David K. Lee reported from New York.
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