Megan Thee Stallion rejected a high-profile Call of Duty endorsement after studying the online game would flip her right into a shootable character, a call rooted in trauma from her 2020 taking pictures, in response to testimony in a federal courtroom in Miami.

During testimony on Wednesday (November 19) within the defamation trial towards blogger Milagro Gramz, Roc Nation government Daniel Kinney revealed that the Houston rapper instantly withdrew from the deal as soon as she understood the character of the proposed character.

“That triggered her and she full stop said ‘I’m not doing this,’” Kinney testified.

The profitable alternative in the end went to Nicki Minaj, however Kinney mentioned the emotional fallout from the 2020 taking pictures and the net harassment that adopted price Megan tens of millions in endorsements.

The defamation go well with, filed in October 2024 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, accuses Gramz of working in tandem with Tory Lanez, the person convicted of taking pictures Megan, to hold out a focused on-line smear marketing campaign.

Kinney’s testimony was a part of a broader image painted in courtroom this week, which included disturbing claims a couple of deepfake pornographic video allegedly promoted by Milagro Gramz.

Megan’s former supervisor, Travis Farris—recognized within the trade as T-Farris—testified that the video prompted “extreme distress” and led to months of remedy.

The remedy payments alone totaled $240,000, in response to courtroom data.

Psychologist Dr. Lenore Walker, who beforehand recognized Megan with PTSD tied to the taking pictures and the deaths of her mom and grandmother, additionally testified.

The lawsuit alleges Milagro Gramz acted as a “paid surrogate” and “longtime mouthpiece” for Lanez, whose actual title is Daystar Peterson.

Testimony revealed Gramz received more than $3,000 from Peterson’s father while publicly defending Lanez and attacking Megan’s credibility online.

Tory Lanez is at present serving a 10-year jail sentence with out parole for the July 2020 taking pictures within the Hollywood Hills. A federal appeals courtroom in Los Angeles upheld his conviction on November 12.

Earlier this week, the case took one other flip when Tory Lanez and his legal professional had been held in contempt of courtroom for dodging deposition questions. A Justice of the Peace choose fined Lanez $20,000, citing “deliberate evasion during three attempted depositions.”

Milagro Gramz has denied any wrongdoing. Her authorized workforce argues that her statements had been both “substantially true,” protected opinion or “rhetorical hyperbole.”

Still, she has confronted a number of sanctions throughout the proceedings for allegedly deleting proof and failing to adjust to court-ordered discovery.

Megan is in search of compensatory, punitive and statutory damages, together with legal professional’s charges and a declaratory judgment. The trial continues this week in Miami federal courtroom.

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