Tory Lanez was held in contempt of court docket and fined $20,000 after abruptly ending a deposition in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit.

Tory Lanez added one other authorized setback to his rising checklist after a decide discovered him in contempt of court docket for refusing to reply fundamental questions throughout a November 14 deposition tied to Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit towards blogger Milagro Gramz.

The deposition unraveled rapidly when Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, refused to cooperate.

According to authorized journalist Meghann Cuniff, the decide fined Lanez $20,000 and dominated that the jury in Megan’s lawsuit will likely be knowledgeable that Lanez reduce the deposition brief and declined to reply questions.

The three questions Lanez refused to reply have been simple: “(1) How he first came to know Defendant [Milagro] Cooper; (2) Whether Mr. Peterson communicated with Defendant Cooper; and (3) Whether he sent Ms. Cooper Instagram direct messages or text messages.”

Tory Lanez and his lawyer have been held in contempt of court docket after Lanez refused to reply questions in a deposition in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit towards Milagro Gramz.

He’s to pay $20,000, and jury in Megan’s trial will likely be instructed he refused to reply questions. pic.twitter.com/Ahx5ySR0hR

— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) November 17, 2025

When warned by the court docket that his refusal may result in further penalties, Lanez responded, “got jail for 10 years right now. You can do whatever you’d like to do.”

Lanez’s conduct throughout a second deposition in April was described as combative and chaotic.

He challenged the authority of Megan’s authorized group, requested for definitions of frequent phrases, and even questioned which “Megan Pete” was being referenced, instructing his lawyer to “search how many Megan Petes there are globally.”

The court docket session ended after simply 44 minutes.

This contempt ruling comes simply days after a California appeals court docket upheld Lanez’s conviction within the 2020 taking pictures of Megan Thee Stallion. On November 12, the court docket affirmed the jury’s determination and his 10-year jail sentence, stating there was “more than sufficient” proof that Lanez brought about “great bodily injury” to the rapper.

Lanez is at present serving his sentence and stays entangled in a number of authorized issues stemming from the 2020 incident and its aftermath.

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