Megan Thee Stallion testifies in Miami courtroom in defamation lawsuit against blogger in connection to Tory Lanez shooting

Megan Thee Stallion provided an emotional testimony in a Miami courtroom in her defamation lawsuit against a social media blogger in connection to a development where she was shot by Tory Lanez The -year-old Grammy winner whose legal name is Megan Pete testified about her life and career before a court building up to why she filed a defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Cooper in October Pete described living in South Florida and growing up in Texas where she chose her stage name saying in Texas when you re tall and curvy people call you a stallion as she went on to become known for her provocative body-positive lyrics She s accusing Cooper of being a puppet or mouth piece for rapper Tory Lanez whose legal name is Daystar Peterson It stems from an argument that occurred between Pete and Peterson following a party in The pair were in a car together when Peterson shot at Pete injuring her foot Peterson was revealed guilty on three felony counts and sentenced to years in prison in During Peterson s trial Pete contends Cooper targeted her on social media calling her a liar an alcoholic and produced deep fake sexual videos of her Everyone felt like I deserved to get shot because I talk about sex and I twerk I m the one who was shot I don t understand why I am the bad guy in this situation she stated the court Honestly I m still not OK I am upset about being shot I still haven t even fully processed I was shot She also shared she went to a facility to deal with post-traumatic stress after the shooting Also taking the stand was Amiel Holland-Briggs a former social media moderator who worked with Cooper Cooper s behavior was cult like and wrong as she targeted Megan Thee Stallion he explained He went on to explain why he would later stop working with Cooper We had a lot of different arguments The narrative that was put out it was very very uncomfortable he mentioned She Cooper was engaging in cyber bullying of other YouTubers She was doing these weird things that I didn t agree with Pete is seeking an unspecified amount of money to cover attorney fees and other costs to remedy the alleged harm She s also requesting a court-ordered injunction to permanently stop Cooper from any further harassment and defamation