Megan Thee Stallion is again in federal court docket, demanding a Florida decide reinstate her defamation verdict towards blogger Milagro Gramz after it was tossed out over a “media defendant” technicality.
The Grammy-winning rapper accused Gramz of waging a web based smear marketing campaign bankrolled by Tory Lanez’s household.
Megan’s attorneys mentioned the jury had already dominated in her favor on all counts, together with defamation, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and promotion of an altered sexual depiction.
However after the jury additionally answered that Gramz was a “media defendant,” the decide eliminated the defamation depend from the ultimate judgment, citing Florida’s pre-suit discover legislation for journalists.
Megan Thee Stallion and her legal professionals argue the transfer was a “manifest authorized error.” The court docket, they mentioned, had beforehand dominated twice that Gramz was not a media defendant and subsequently not entitled to these protections.
“This case ought to have been tried and was rightfully tried, on the deserves of [Megan Thee Stallion’s] defamation declare,” the submitting states.
The rapper’s authorized staff detailed why Gramz shouldn’t be thought of press. In response to trial proof, Milagro Gramz wasn’t impartial or impartial; she allegedly acted as a paid mouthpiece for Lanez and his father, Sonstar Peterson.
Megan’s legal professionals mentioned Gramz acquired $3,000 in funds, free journey, and presents whereas spreading false claims that Megan lied about being shot.
Texts and Instagram DMs entered into proof confirmed Gramz calling herself a part of the Peterson household and publicly dismissing journalism ethics as “not relevant” to her.
Jurors heard that Gramz constructed her “Mob Radio” model off attacking Megan’s status, accusing her of psychological sickness, alcoholism, and fabricating the 2020 taking pictures. Regardless of discovering these statements defamatory, jurors turned confused by a last-minute authorized query added to the decision kind: whether or not Gramz certified as a media defendant.
Megan Thee Stallion and legal professionals now search to revive the defamation verdict, asserting that the “media defendant” query was improper. They mentioned the jury had no authority to resolve a authorized classification that the court docket had already settled.
“No court docket has ever prolonged media defendant standing to a defendant who provides and receives info to have an effect on legal proceedings whereas sustaining a paid and intimate relationship with the accused,” the movement argues.
Megan’s movement asks the decide to strike the jury’s media designation and reinstate the unique verdict on defamation per se. The court docket has but to rule on her request.
