Rapper Megan Thee Stallion sued Milagro Gramz on Tuesday, alleging the Texas-based web character defamed her following a separate courtroom case with Canadian rapper Tory Lanez.
Born Megan Pete, the rapper alleges Gramz (Milagro Cooper) stalked her on-line, inflicting emotional misery and spreading AI-generated deepfake pornography that includes her likeness.
In courtroom paperwork filed within the Southern District Court docket of Florida, Pete’s attorneys acknowledged that whereas it is unknown who created the deepfake video, they argue Cooper printed a video on YouTube that addressed an X publish associated to the specific content material.
“The lengths to which Defendant Cooper goes to harass Ms. Pete is aware of no bounds, attorneys for Pete wrote. “In June 2024, Defendant Cooper inspired her 27,000 X followers to view an X publish by Bimbella that shared a doctored, artificially created video of Ms. Pete purportedly engaged in sexual acts with out Ms. Pete’s information or consent.”
It is the newest improvement within the ongoing feud between Lanez and Pete, which started in 2020 when Lanez was charged with capturing Pete within the ft throughout an altercation in Los Angeles.
Lanez was convicted on three felony counts, together with assault with a semiautomatic handgun, based on a report by the New York Instances.
The criticism additional asserts that Cooper’s alleged harassment was on the behest of Lanez (born Daystar Peterson) and accused Cooper of operating an “on-line rumor mill” that unfold false claims about Pete, together with questioning the rapper’s psychological state and having a “extreme ingesting downside.”
Taking to X (previously Twitter), Cooper mentioned she was knowledgeable of the lawsuit by Pete’s legal professional, Alex Spiro. “In fact, we’ll chat about it,” she wrote. “They threw within the tape, too.” Cooper didn’t say if she intends to counter-sue.
Attorneys for Pete are searching for compensatory and punitive damages, authorized charges, and a courtroom order to forestall future harassment by Cooper.
Pete’s lawsuit is the latest regarding AI-generated deepfakes of high-profile artists.
Final yr, actress Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit in opposition to picture generator Lisa AI, which posted a deepfake of Johansson selling the platform.
In Could, Johansson, who starred because the voice of the AI Samantha within the 2013 movie “Her,” took authorized motion in opposition to ChatGPT creator OpenAI after it launched a voice-enabled model of the chatbot that sounded eerily just like the actress.
Representatives for each Cooper and Pete didn’t instantly reply to Decrypt’s request for remark.
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair
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