Megan Thee Stallion has received high-profile legal support in her ongoing battle over alleged deepfake harassment, as famed attorney Roberta Kaplan – best known for representing writer E. Jean Carroll in her defamation case against Donald Trump – has publicly backed the Houston rapper’s fight against commentator Milagro “Milagro Gramz” Cooper in federal court in Miami. According to an exclusive report from AllHipHop, Kaplan has framed the case as a critical test of how the law responds to AI-generated deepfake abuse and online attacks targeting women in hip hop.[6]
Megan Thee Stallion, born Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, sued Cooper in October 2024 in the Southern District of Florida, accusing the blogger of orchestrating a years-long campaign of online harassment tied to the 2020 shooting involving Tory Lanez and of helping to amplify a sexually explicit deepfake video falsely purporting to show the artist.[1][2] Court filings allege Cooper encouraged tens of thousands of followers on X (formerly Twitter) to view the manipulated clip and continued to mock Megan as a “professional victim” when backlash followed, conduct Megan’s legal team says caused severe emotional distress and reputational harm.[1][3]
In December 2025, a Miami federal jury found Cooper liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress and for contributing to the spread and visibility of the deepfake video, awarding Megan a total of $75,000 in damages before the court later reduced the award to $59,000 in line with Florida law.[1][2][3][4] Jurors also concluded that Cooper acted in concert with Tory Lanez, serving as a “mouthpiece” who pushed false accusations that Megan lied under oath and struggled with alcoholism, and who weaponized the deepfake to further humiliate her.[2][3] Megan testified that seeing the clip circulate online left her “really embarrassing” and drove her to seek mental-health treatment, describing the harassment as so overwhelming that she questioned her own well-being.[2][4]
According to AllHipHop, Kaplan has now weighed in forcefully, calling the deepfake campaign against Megan “harassment, plain and simple” and stressing that sexually explicit AI-manipulated imagery is not protected by the First Amendment under Florida law.[6] “Deep-fake sexual imagery does not contribute to public debate; it reproduces patterns of intimidation and degradation that the law has long deemed unprotected,” Kaplan reportedly wrote, linking Megan’s experience to E. Jean Carroll’s as examples of courts rejecting weaponized lies and digital abuse aimed at silencing women.[6]
Megan’s team is currently seeking a permanent injunction to bar Cooper from further promoting similar content, arguing that post-verdict livestreams and social media activity show an intent to continue targeted commentary and cyberstalking.[5][6] A forthcoming ruling from the Miami court could establish one of the first major precedents directly tying deepfake sexual imagery and coordinated online harassment to defamation and cyberstalking law – a decision that, as Kaplan suggests, may help reshape how the legal system protects women in hip hop and beyond from AI-driven abuse.[5][6]
