Megan Thee Stallion sues blogger over "defamatory falsehoods"

Megan Thee Stallion is suing blogger Milagro Gramz and accusing her of purposely spreading mendacious accusation connected behalf of rapper Tory Lanez, who was recovered blameworthy of shooting Megan Thee Stallion successful nan ft successful 2020.

The rapper, 29, revenge nan suit connected Wednesday successful nan Southern District of Florida nether her ineligible name, Megan Pete, against nan celebrated contented creator who is legally known arsenic Milagro Elizabeth Cooper.

In nan lawsuit, Pete's attorneys accuse Cooper of intentionally causing nan hep hop prima affectional distress by cyberstalking, promoting and sharing heavy clone pornography of Pete, successful summation to questioning if she was really shot.

The suit calls Cooper a "puppet" for Lanez during and aft his high-profile trial, wherever Pete testified that Lanez changeable her feet 5 times aft an statement escalated. A assemblage convicted Lanez connected aggregate charges, including battle pinch a semiautomatic firearm and discharging a firearm pinch gross negligence. Lanez was sentenced successful 2023 to 10 years successful prison. 

"The assemblage sewage it right," Megan Thee Stallion's attorney, Alex Spiro, told CBS News successful a connection pursuing nan trial. "I americium thankful location is justness for Meg."

In an exclusive question and reply pinch "CBS Mornings" successful 2022, Pete explained why she wanted to show her broadside of nan shooting story.

"I consciousness for illustration group create these narratives astir you and erstwhile you don't guidelines up for yourself, they conscionable tally and they spell and group are capable to stack lies connected apical of much lies, connected apical of much lies," she told "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King 2 years ago. "I conscionable really want to return power complete my ain narrative."

Pete said successful a connection regarding nan lawsuit, "... These individuals request to understand location will beryllium repercussions for recklessly posting lies and defamatory falsehoods."

CBS News ineligible contributor Jessica Levinson said she thinks Pete has a beardown case.

"What she's alleged present are a assortment of different torts and a authorities origin of action, fundamentally astir heavy fakes," Levinson said. "She's saying that there's intentional infliction of affectional distress, cyberbullying, mendacious statements, based connected her complaint. It mightiness make group deliberation doubly earlier they prosecute successful cyberbullying aliases defamation."

CBS News reached retired to Cooper's representatives, who person yet to remark connected nan lawsuit.

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