The battle between Megan Thee Stallion and Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been happening for nearly 5 years, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime quickly. Now, Megan — actual title Megan Pete — and her legal professionals are celebrating an enormous authorized win after a decide dominated in her favor.
Again in October, Megan sued blogger Milagro “Gramz” Cooper for defamation, cyberstalking, and emotional misery after alleging the blogger was conspiring with Lanez to unfold lies concerning the Texas rapper. Megan’s attorneys then filed a movement requesting to interview Lanez— actual title Daystar Peterson— beneath oath, in line with the Day by day Mail, as they examine the cyberbullying claims. Now, a decide has simply dominated on the matter.
Rolling Stone reported Megan’s attorneys have been granted permission to query Lanez for the primary time since he was discovered responsible of taking pictures her again in 2020. He’s at the moment serving a 10-year sentence in a California jail and is predicted to be launched in 2030.
Though Lanez isn’t a defendant within the present swimsuit towards Gramz, Meg’s attorneys say Lanez’s deposition would set up the true nature of the connection between him and the YouTuber. In response, Ceasar McDowell, CEO of Unite the Folks, the nonprofit regulation mentioned, “If you recognize Tory Lanez how I do, good luck making an attempt to get him to ‘testify’ to something, it’s simply not what he does.” In line with TMZ, McDowell continued saying, “He undoubtedly didn’t ‘agree’ to testify now.”
Because the plaintiff within the lawsuit towards Gramz, Megan has the appropriate to attend Lanez’s deposition, which in line with Rolling Stone, would possible be carried out by video. In a press release to the Day by day Mail, Pete mentioned “It’s time to carry bloggers accountable for years of harassment, cyberbullying and the publication of misinformation about my private {and professional} life.”
Megan can be accusing the blogger of sharing a “deepfake pornographic video” of the “Hiss” rapper, which her lawyer, Alex Spiro, says is in violation of a Florida statute banning “altered sexual depictions” of actual folks.
Most lately, a decide granted Pete a restraining order towards Lanez, who in line with her had been harassing her from his jail cell, as The Root beforehand reported. The brand new restraining order is legitimate till Jan. 9, 2030.