Megan Thee Stallion is not letting Milagro Gramz hit pause on a $75,000 judgment without putting real money behind the appeal.
In a new court response filed Tuesday, Megan’s attorneys pushed back against Gramz’s request to halt payment while she appeals the defamation judgment. Instead, Megan’s team argues that if the court allows any stay, Gramz should have to post a supersedeas bond equal to the judgment, plus anticipated interest and costs.
The filing takes direct aim at Gramz’s financial hardship argument, framing the request as an attempt to avoid consequences after a jury verdict. Megan’s attorneys wrote that Gramz is “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.”
They 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.”
Gramz, whose real name is Milagro Elizabeth Cooper, asked the court earlier this month to delay enforcement of the judgment while she appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In her filing, she described herself as a “self-employed media commentator, researcher, and content creator” whose income comes from subscriptions, platform monetization, audience support, and other revenue streams that fluctuate 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, also telling the court she supports a household with two minor children.
The latest fight follows Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga’s May 29 amended final judgment, which restored the jury’s defamation verdict and brought the damages back to $75,000. The case stems from Megan’s October 2024 lawsuit accusing Gramz of participating in a targeted online campaign tied to Tory Lanez, who was convicted of shooting Megan in 2020.
A Miami jury previously found Cooper liable for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and promotion of an altered sexual depiction. Now, the question is whether Gramz can delay payment during appeal, or whether Megan’s team gets the financial security they say the law requires.
