Megan Thee Stallion has won her defamation trial against blogger Milagro Gramz.
Jurors handed the Grammy winner a sweeping victory in her lawsuit against Gramz, whom she accused of coordinating with Tory Lanez to spread “hateful rumours”, as well as promoting a deepfake pornographic video featuring the Mamushi singer.
Gramz was found liable for defaming Stallion, intentionally inflicting emotional distress by coordinating with Lanez, and boosting the reach of the sexually explicit deepfake video, Rolling Stone confirmed.
The jury awarded the rapper, born Megan Pete, $75,000 (£57,000) in damages.
Under Florida law, Gramz, real name Milagro Cooper, will also be liable for the singer’s legal fees, which are expected to top $1 million (£760,000).
“I’m not ecstatic. Of course, you want things to go your way. But, like I said, I respect the jury and what they decided,” Gramz told reporters after the verdict, according to Legal Affairs & Trials.
Stallion accused Gramz of being a “longtime mouthpiece” for Lanez, the musician convicted of opening fire with a semiautomatic weapon and wounding Stallion in both feet in July 2020. According to the lawsuit, Cooper “conspired” with Lanez to claim Stallion perjured herself at Lanez’s criminal trial and is a mentally incompetent alcoholic.
“There was a time that I genuinely didn’t care if I lived or died,” Stallion said in court, according to ABC News.
“I felt like no way I mattered. No way I should even be living. I don’t want to be here. I’m tired of waking up. I just wanted to die. I was so tired of being alive.”
