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On Monday, December 1, a federal jury awarded $75,000 in damages to Megan Thee Stallion in her legal battle against social media commentator, Milagro Gramz, whose real name is Milagro Cooper. The jury ruled that the rapper’s reputation was affected and that “Ms. Cooper is liable to Ms. Pete for defamation per se by accusing Ms. Pete of perjury,” according to the ruling.
In a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida in October 2024, Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, and her lawyers state: “For years, Defendant Cooper acted, and continues to act, on behalf of Daystar Peterson (also known as Tory Lanez) as an online rumor mill churning out falsehoods about Ms. Pete to her tens of thousands of social media followers.” The suit includes multiple screenshots of tweets posted by Cooper, painting a picture of what Pete’s legal team calls a sustained campaign of online abuse.
Among the most serious claims, the document alleges that Cooper distributed a deepfake pornographic video of Pete, further escalating the harassment. “The lengths to which Defendant Cooper goes to harass Ms. Pete knows no bounds,” the lawsuit reads. It details an incident from June 2024 in which Cooper allegedly encouraged her 27,000 X (formerly Twitter) followers to view a manipulated video falsely portraying Pete in a sexual context — without her knowledge or consent. The lawsuit claims that when backlash followed, Cooper responded by calling Pete a “professional victim” in a YouTube video and denying responsibility.
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According to the lawsuit, Cooper’s commentary intensified during Lanez’s criminal proceedings in 2022 and 2023. “Since Mr. Peterson’s 2020 indictment for felony assault with a deadly weapon after shooting Ms. Pete, to his later conviction in December 2022… Defendant Cooper performed Mr. Peterson’s public bidding to denigrate, belittle, insult, and spread false statements about Ms. Pete,” the filing states.
Megan Thee Stallion and her legal team asked the court for financial damages, including compensation for emotional and reputational harm, attorney’s fees, and other related costs. They also sought a formal declaration from the court that Cooper’s actions were unlawful, in hopes of putting a legal stop to the alleged online harassment.
A copy of the lawsuit can be found below, as well as a copy of the ruling.
