As an increasing number of celebrities proceed to sound the alarm on synthetic intelligence (AI), an affidavit from Megan Thee Stallion’s ongoing trial in opposition to blogger Milagro “Gramz” Cooper revealed the heartbreaking impacts of AI.
This week, the rapper’s former supervisor, Travis Farris, took the stand in the course of the trial and revealed the emotional affect Cooper’s posts had on Megan Thee Stallion. In his testimony, Farris detailed how the deepfake porn video the blogger allegedly shared together with her hundreds of followers impacted the “Greater In Texas” star’s psychological well being.
In keeping with authorized reporter Meghann Cuniff, who was within the courtroom, Harris revealed that the emotional misery the viral submit brought on Megan led her to hunt therapy in a facility that value $240,000 for her four-week classes. Equally, the rapper’s authorized crew famous her post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD) analysis from Dr. Lenore Walker, who was additionally scheduled to take the stand.
Daniel Kinney, the Senior VP, Branding & Strategic Partnerships at Roc Nation, additionally took the stand, revealing the alternatives Megan “couldn’t capitalize on as she was unable to be totally current in her profession due to Ms. Cooper’s ongoing marketing campaign of harassment.” As reported by Cuniff, these alternatives included partnerships with manufacturers like: Activision/Name of Responsibility, Google Pixel, Simply Eat’s Takeaway and U.S. Ladies’s Soccer Federation.
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In October 2024, the rapper filed a lawsuit in opposition to Cooper claiming defamation, emotional misery, and cyberbullying for the blogger’s alleged “acutely aware coordinating” with rapper Tory Lanez. The “Physique” rapper claims that Cooper was paid by Lanez, who was convicted and sentenced to twenty years for capturing Megan, to submit fallacious details about her on-line.
In keeping with Cuniff, Cooper’s protection within the case seems to be “that she didn’t promote or share the video, solely posted about it and tried to attract consideration to it,” nonetheless, that reportedly stays unclear.
Megan Thee Stallion is reportedly anticipated to take the stand this afternoon.
