MIAMI — A federal jury was deliberating for the second day on Monday in downtown Miami in a rapper’s defamation case against an entertainment commentator.
Megan Pete, better known as Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion, sued Milagro Cooper, better known for her entertainment coverage as “Milagro Gramz,” on Oct. 29, 2024.
Daystar Peterson, better known as Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, was at the center of the case. Pete’s attorneys claimed Cooper “acted on behalf of” Peterson as “an online rumor mill churning out falsehoods ... to her tens of thousands of social media followers.”
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid, who was presiding over the civil case in Miami, fined Peterson $20,000 “for his obstruction” after Pete’s attorneys’ failed attempts to depose him, records show.
LOS ANGELES SHOOTING
According to Los Angeles detectives, Peterson and Pete “were riding in an SUV in the Hollywood Hills” and Peterson shot at Pete “five times” after she “got out of the vehicle” on July 12, 2020.
After a trial, Peterson was convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Herriford sentenced Peterson to 10 years in prison on Aug. 8, 2023.
“Peterson has engaged in a pattern of conduct that was intended to intimidate Ms. Pete and silence her,” District Attorney Gascón said after the sentencing -- also praising “her incredible bravery and vulnerability as she underwent months of probing investigation and court appearances where she had to relive her trauma.”
Peterson lost his appeal on Nov. 12. A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom ordered Peterson to stay away from Pete as part of a restraining order that is valid until Jan. 9, 2030.
Related document: Read the civil lawsuit
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