It’s been greater than a yr since Megan Thee Stallion filed a defamation lawsuit against Milagro Gramz (real name Cooper). The case has been inching towards a trial for several months, and this week, it kicked off with jury selection in Miami. Megan has accused the blogger of being a part of a “coordinated campaign” to tarnish her fame — allegedly with the financial backing of Tory Lanez. He has been named within the lawsuit and deposed not less than 3 times. But on the last jailhouse chat, the incarcerated rapper reportedly refused to reply questions. In response, a judge reportedly held him in contempt and fined him a double stack!
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What Happened During The Deposition Of Tory Lanez?
Based on Rolling Stone, Judge Lisette M. Reid filed her decision on Sunday (November 16) following his third jailhouse deposition. The third questioning took place last Friday. Tory Lanez reportedly began by asking what the results can be for declining the questions. Learning of a possible wonderful and being held in contempt didn’t deter him.
“Regardless of the fines are, I’ll pay them,” Tory Lanez reportedly said. “I’m a millionaire. I don’t care.”
Judge Reid wrote in her filing about Tory’s alleged behavior. She said Tory “stormed out of the room” at one point, and directed comments like “liar” and “calm down” at Megan’s lawyer. Moreover, he refused to reply questions on how he met or learned about Milagro Gramz. He also declined to say whether he was involved in any contact with the blogger via text or Instagram. The judge said Megan’s legal asked the questions “properly” but Lanez still “refused to reply and ultimately terminated the deposition without answering any questions.”
Daystar Peterson (the rapper’s legal name) now owes Megan Thee Stallion’s lawyers $20,000. The wonderful is for “his obstruction of Plaintiff’s multiple attempts to depose him,” the judge said in her filing. Tory Lanez’s lawyer, Crystal Morgan, also took an L. Rolling Stone reports that the judge also fined her. He has not publicly commented on the ruling.
What’s The Latest On Megan Thee Stallion’s Case Against Milagro Gramz?
The brand new ruling was the talk of the web as Milagro Gramz’s trial finally kicked off on Monday.
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Judge Recently Ruled Against Overturning Tory’s Conviction
That is week two of Tory Lanez’s facing legal setbacks involving Megan Thee Stallion. A California court last Wednesday denied the rapper’s appeal of his guilty verdict from the 2020 shooting of Meg. A 3-judge panel from the California 2nd District Court of Appeal issued a ruling saying they affirm the triple-charge conviction. Lanez was convicted of three felonies in December of 2022: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
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Associated Press entertainment author Andrew Dalton contributed to this report via AP Newsroom.
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