Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is seeking a restraining order against Tory Lanez, alleging that he has been harassing her from prison through social media and by “utilizing third parties.”
Megan, 29, whose real name is Megan Pete, filed a request Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The petition says that Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, has “traumatized” Megan since 2020 and “shows no signs of stopping.”
“Mr. Peterson is a violent and dangerous criminal, and his established pattern of behavior demonstrates the reasons this civil harassment restraining order is necessary to protect Ms. Pete and her wellbeing,” it says.
Lanez, 32, is currently housed at the California Correctional Institution in Southern California after he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan in the feet on July 10, 2020. He has appealed his conviction.
“Even from behind bars, Mr. Peterson continues to terrorize Ms. Pete,” the petition states.
The non-profit organization representing Lanez accused Megan of lying.
“At what point do we, as a society, stop believing the narrative they are pushing? And ask ourselves is ‘enough is enough.’ We trust the truth will be fully examined and proven through the legal process, and we remain 100% confident in our case,” Unite the People said in a statement posted Wednesday on Instagram.
The filing accuses Lanez of using “third party online bloggers” that he employs to spread defamatory statements about Megan. One blogger, Milagro Cooper, allegedly published false statements on social media and YouTube about Megan and the criminal trial involving Lanez, the petition says. It accuses Cooper, who goes by the name Milagro Gramz, of being Lanez’s “puppet and mouthpiece.”
Megan filed a civil lawsuit in October against the blogger. An attorney for Cooper could not immediately be reached for comment on the petition.
The petition also alleges that prison call logs from Lanez show him conspiring to attack Megan’s credibility. In one call, Lanez’s father asked about alleged payments to Cooper “for her harassment of Ms. Pete.”
Lanez allegedly responded: “How are they ever going to prove something like that?”
The petition says that Lanez’s continued harassment has caused Megan “severe emotional distress and reputational harm.”
“Mr. Peterson is fully aware of the impact of the psychological warfare he has waged against Ms. Pete, yet he continues to deputize his supporters to attack Ms. Pete’s character and integrity,” it says.
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