Tory Lanez should return for an additional court-supervised deposition within the ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by Megan Thee Stallion after a choose rejected his try to keep away from additional testimony over his alleged function in a smear marketing campaign.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisette Reid dominated Lanez’s movement to dam the deposition got here too late and lacked authorized benefit. Lanez, whose actual identify is Daystar Peterson, was served with a subpoena in March 2025 however did not object earlier than his first deposition in April.

His legal professionals argued that testifying once more may injury his felony attraction, however the choose dismissed that declare as too imprecise.

Reid clarified that the deposition focuses on Lanez’s communications with social media commentator Milagro Cooper, identified on-line as Milagro Gramz, not his felony conviction for shooting Megan in 2020.

“The Fifth Amendment doesn’t allow a witness to skip a deposition entirely,” Reid wrote. “He can only refuse to answer specific questions that might incriminate him and the judge will decide those issues as they come up.”

Tory Lanez must now sit for a third deposition below court docket supervision. He will likely be questioned solely about matters related to the civil case and will invoke his constitutional rights on a question-by-question foundation.

The court docket additionally signaled it could impose penalties or authorized charges in opposition to Lanez for his earlier refusal to cooperate. That determination will come after the following deposition. The authorized drama stems from Megan Thee Stallion’s October 2024 lawsuit in opposition to Gramz, accusing her of defamation and harassment.

The swimsuit alleges Milagro Gramz unfold false claims that Megan Thee Stallion lied below oath, suffered from alcoholism and psychological sickness, and distributed deepfake pornographic content material.

Megan’s attorneys declare Gramz labored carefully with Tory Lanez’s father, Sonstar Peterson, who allegedly paid her 1000’s of {dollars} to publish deceptive content material about Megan. They say this was a part of a coordinated effort to discredit the Grammy-winning rapper after Lanez’s conviction.

The court docket sanctioned Milagro Gramz earlier this yr for deleting a whole bunch of textual content messages with Peterson that have been required throughout the discovery course of. Those lacking messages raised issues about obstruction and led to elevated scrutiny of her ties to Lanez.

Tory Lanez was first deposed on April 9, 2025, by way of Zoom from jail. That session shortly unraveled. According to court docket filings, Tory Lanez mocked Megan’s authorized group, challenged their authority, pretended to not perceive fundamental authorized phrases and made misogynistic remarks.

The deposition was minimize quick as a consequence of his habits. The choose later ordered Lanez to pay Megan’s authorized charges from that session and scheduled a supervised follow-up.

Tory Lanez’s conduct throughout the deposition prompted the court docket to require judicial oversight for any future testimony. He is now solely allowed to plead the Fifth with a choose current to rule on every objection.

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