Megan Thee Stallion’s legal team is pushing back on Milagro Gramz’s motion to halt her $75,000 defamation judgment in favor of the rapper.
In early June, Gramz asked the presiding judge to allow her to delay payment until after she appeals the defamation judgment, citing financial hardship and the risk that paying the judgment could undermine her pending appeal.
On Tuesday, Meg’s attorneys issued a response, obtained by Complex, in which she requested that Gramz post a bond equal to the judgment amount.
Meg described Gramz as “the same Defendant who showed no hesitation when she broadcast that Plaintiff was a liar, directed her audience to a deep-fake pornographic video of Plaintiff, and threatened to run Plaintiff over with a car, now pleads for the Court’s solicitude so that she may avoid the consequences of a jury’s verdict and this Court’s judgment.”
The document continued, “Sympathy cannot displace the governing legal standard. Defendant’s Motion should be denied in its entirety, and if any stay is to issue, it should be conditioned upon a full supersedeas bond in the amount of the judgment plus anticipated interest and costs.”
On May 29, Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga ruled in favor of Megan Thee Stallion, reversing an earlier dismissal and restoring the jury's verdict of defamation liability. Days later, on June 2, Gramz filed a stay request as she appealed the case.
In the filing, Gramz described herself as a "self-employed media commentator, researcher, and content creator" whose income derives from subscriptions, platform monetization, audience support, and revenue streams that oscillate from month to month.
"I do not possess substantial liquid assets and do not have the financial resources necessary to immediately satisfy the judgment or post a full supersedeas bond," Gramz wrote, adding that she supports a household with two minor children.
The jury that originally found Gramz liable had determined she coordinated with Tory Lanez and his father to defame Megan. The rapper was awarded $75,000 after the judge reinstated the jury’s defamation verdict and entered a new amended final judgment.
