MIAMI — As Megan Thee Stallion’s civil case against Milagro Gramz continued in Miami, Lenore Walker, a psychologist who is an expert in the “battered woman syndrome,” testified.
Walker said in court on Wednesday that Megan Pete -- better known as Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion -- struggled with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Daystar Peterson -- better known as Canadian rapper Tory Lanez -- was at the heart of the case, court records show.
After the Texan rapper signed a management deal with 1501 Certified Entertainment in 2018 and Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s entertainment company, in 2019, she was injured during a shooting on July 12, 2020, in Hollywood Hills.
Detectives identified Peterson as the shooter, and he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison on Aug. 8, 2023.
In Miami federal court, Pete’s attorneys argued that Peterson used Milagro Cooper, better known for her entertainment coverage as “Milagro Gramz,” to continue harassing Pete, records show.
Pete was in court as a jury listened to witness testimony on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in Miami. The alleged evidence against Cooper includes links to deep fake porn.
A Roc Nation representative testified that Pete backed out of a deal that would have allowed Call of Duty, a first-person shooter video game series, to use her image, but it was very triggering.
Before the trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid fined Peterson $20,000 “for his obstruction” during Pete’s attorneys’ several attempts to depose him, records show.
“Whatever the fines are, I’ll pay them. I’m a millionaire. I don’t care,” the Canadian rapper allegedly said after refusing to answer questions about his association to Cooper during a deposition, according to federal court records.
In Los Angeles, Peterson lost his appeal on Nov. 12. A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom ordered him to stay away from Pete, as part of a restraining order that is valid until Jan. 9, 2030.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Joyce Grace Ortega and Photojournalist Mario Alonso contributed to this report.
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