Megan Thee Stallion requested a federal choose to sanction Milagro Gramz and grant her entry to her social media accounts resulting from lacking proof.
Megan Thee Stallion is urging a federal choose in Florida to sanction Milagro Gramz and grant her authorized staff direct entry to Gramz’s social media accounts after repeated failures to adjust to court docket orders of their ongoing defamation case.
In newly filed court docket paperwork, Megan’s attorneys allege that Gramz, whose authorized identify is Milagro Elizabeth Cooper, has ignored a number of requests to show over paperwork and digital communications tied to the lawsuit.
The information had been due by Might 27, however Megan’s staff says nothing has been produced.
The rapper’s authorized staff is asking the court docket to compel Gramz to right away present the requested supplies and waive any objections she could have needed to the invention requests.
Additionally they need a third-party forensic agency, FTI Consulting, to be granted entry to Gramz’s accounts on platforms equivalent to Instagram, WhatsApp, Discord, and iMessage to retrieve doubtlessly deleted or hidden messages.
If that entry is denied, Megan’s attorneys are asking the court docket to instruct the jury to imagine that any lacking messages would have been damaging to Gramz’s protection.
The submitting additionally features a request for sanctions, together with legal professional charges, resulting from what Megan’s staff describes as Gramz’s “continued refusal to take part in discovery.”
They argue that her lack of cooperation is obstructing the case and creating pointless authorized bills.
This dispute is an element of a bigger defamation and harassment lawsuit Megan filed in opposition to Gramz in 2023.
The go well with accuses Gramz of spreading false claims on-line concerning the Tory Lanez taking pictures, together with allegations that Megan lied beneath oath and distributed deepfake pornography.
The court docket beforehand dominated that Gramz’s statements weren’t protected as journalism or opinion, permitting the case to maneuver ahead. A gag order was additionally issued, barring Gramz from posting on-line about Megan.
After her earlier attorneys withdrew resulting from unpaid charges, Gramz lately employed two new attorneys—Jeremy McLymont and Ronda Dixon—to keep away from a default judgment, in accordance with AllHipHop.
The court docket has scheduled a listening to for July 14 within the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of Florida to deal with the matter.
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