Decide Reinstates Megan Thee Stallion’s Declare In opposition to Milagro Gramz
Megan Thee Stallion formally secures $75,000 after a federal decide reinstates her defamation verdict towards Milagro Gramz.
Megan Thee Stallion has formally been awarded $75,000 after a federal decide reinstated the jury’s defamation verdict towards Milagro Gramz and entered a brand new amended closing judgment in her favor.
In a Could 29, 2026, order, Chief U.S. District Decide Cecilia M. Altonaga dominated that Megan Thee Stallion’s movement to reinstate the defamation verdict was granted partially.
The ruling reversed the sooner dismissal of the defamation depend and restored the jury’s discovering that Milagro Elizabeth Cooper, recognized on-line as Milagro Gramz, was liable.
The ruling marks a serious shift within the case.
After the jury initially discovered Gramz accountable for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional misery and promotion of an altered sexual depiction, the court docket had declined to enter judgment on the defamation declare as a result of jurors concluded Milagro Gramz certified as a “media defendant.”
That standing would have required Meg to offer pre-suit discover below Florida legislation.
Decide Altonaga revisited that difficulty and in the end rejected the media protection based mostly on the trial report. The court docket wrote that “the trial report establishes Defendant was not entitled to pre-suit discover.”
The decide discovered that Gramz was successfully commissioned by the Peterson household when she made the three defamatory statements at difficulty, thereby eradicating her from the safety of Florida’s pre-suit discover statute.
“[Milagro Gramz] had obtained funds from Sonstar, obtained data from the Peterson group earlier than different media shops, and despatched supplies to help Daystar’s felony protection,” in line with the ruling.
That discovering cleared the trail for the defamation verdict to face.
The case stems from statements Gramz made after the 2022 conviction of Tory Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, in reference to the 2020 capturing of Megan Thee Stallion.
Jurors decided that Milagro Gramz’s feedback, together with calling Megan a non-credible witness and questioning whether or not she had tried to deceive courts, have been defamatory.
With the amended judgment now entered, Megan Thee Stallion has secured a proper damages award protecting all three counts on which the jury dominated in her favor.
The court docket additionally famous that requests for prices and lawyer’s charges will probably be addressed later, stating that such requests “shall not be submitted till after any post-trial motions are determined or an enchantment is concluded.”
The order was entered in Miami on Could 29, 2026.
