The Houston Hottie is taking legal action against the media personality due to a “campaign of harassment and cyberbullying.”
The “Cocky AF” rapper is filing a lawsuit against YouTuber Milagro Gramz, real name Milagro Elizabeth Cooper, claiming the media personality is a “mouthpiece and puppet” for Tory Lanez.
In the lawsuit, attorneys for Megan Thee Stallion, real name Megan Pete, accused Cooper of carrying out a campaign to harass, insult and spread falsehoods about the Houston-born rapper. The alleged smear campaign included the blogger spreading a deepfake pornography featuring Pete.
“It’s time to hold bloggers accountable for years of harassment, cyberbullying, and the publication of misinformation about my personal and professional life,” Pete said in a statement shared with Rolling Stone. “I’ve endured countless attacks on my character based on false narratives from social media bloggers misrepresenting themselves as journalists. It’s unacceptable behavior and this individuals need to understand there will be repercussions for recklessly posting lies and defamatory falsehoods.”
Pete’s lawyers, one being Alex Spiro, also released a statement of their own — saying that the rapper will no longer stand for the blogger’s “campaign of harassment.”
Cooper took to Twitter in response to the news of the lawsuit, stating:
“I’ve been informed that I’m being sued by Alex Spiro on behalf of his client Megasn Thee Stallion … Of course we’ll chat about it. They threw in the tape too.” — Milagro Cooper via Twitter/X
She would continue to tweet about the suit as well as reposting various journalists and news publications as they reported on the story. In one particular tweet, Cooper notes that the “countersuit gone go crazy."
Pete’s lawsuit claims that the media personality acts on behalf of Tory Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, as a rumor mill that spreads false narratives about the Houston Hottie. According to Rolling Stone, Spiro issued Cooper a notice to preserve documents and information related to the case. This would include her social media posts, her communications with Peterson and his family as well as fellow media personality DJ Akademiks.
The new lawsuit came soon after a false story about Pete and Peterson circulated on social media. The story claimed that the “Say It” singer was declared innocent in an appeals court, which couldn’t be farther from the truth.
DJ Akademiks had shared the false news via his Akademiks TV account by posting a screenshot of a document signed by three judges. The document in question was procedural issued by the appeals court, acknowledging Peterson’s new petition alongside his previous appeals.
The Akademiks TV account would delete its post, though thousands likely already saw the post. Spiro criticized those who shared the false story, noting that they would face consequences for doing so.
The move to sue Cooper isn’t surprising as Pete previously made her intentions clear in her 2022 Rolling Stone cover story.
“I think it’s so crazy that people are able to get online or publish anything that is not a 100 percent fact … I just learned that you really can’t get away with that, and I’m going to get you,” Pete said in the interview. “Right now I’m getting all my stuff together because I’m seeing it. Yeah, you keep doing that. I’m going to spin the block on you.”
Unite The People Inc., a non-profit organization founded by defense attorneys and families of incarcerated people, agreed to represent Cooper in the suit brought against her. The organization, according to the announcement, also agreed to represent other social media influencers, journalists or podcasts that also received the lawsuit.
“Milagro Elizabeth Cooper has been served a lawsuit making a lot of falses claims against her professional conduct in an attempt to stop her from reporting on the Daystar Peterson case,” the statement read.
The statement continued: “Unite the People Inc. has agreed to take on the defense of Milagro Cooper…as well as any other social media influencer, journalism platform, journalists, podcast or reporter of any type that has received this lawsuit against them or any other form of bullying/harassment to silence them from their right to free speech.”
The organization previously represented Peterson during his appeals against his 10-year sentence for shooting the Houston Hottie. Though its reputation took a hit when it also spread the false claims of Peterson’s innocence, the same false claims DJ Akademiks TV posted on social media. The organization originally reported that the appellate court accepted the “Luv” singer’s innocence claim.
Peterson was convicted in December 2022 for three felony counts relating to a summer 2020 incident, during which Peterson shot at Pete’s foot. Since his conviction and sentencing, Peterson’s legal team has submitted several appeals to not only prove his innocence and ensure his release.
Cooper did not answer the publication’s call for comment.
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