The rapper’s legal team is pushing back against blogger Milagro Gramz’s request to pause payment while she pursues an appeal in a high-profile defamation case.

Megan Thee Stallion is done being patient. After a federal jury awarded her $75,000 in a defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz, the Houston rapper’s legal team is now fighting to make sure that judgment is actually paid.

Gramz, who describes herself as a self-employed media commentator with unpredictable income, recently filed a motion asking a judge to delay payment while she appeals the verdict. Her argument centers on financial hardship, claiming she does not have the resources to post a bond or satisfy the judgment in full without jeopardizing her ability to pursue the appeal.

Megan’s attorneys filed their response Tuesday, June 16, and they are not sympathetic to that position.

Legal team fires back

In their filing, Megan’s legal team argued that financial strain does not exempt Gramz from following standard appellate procedure, which typically requires a defendant to post a bond equal to the judgment before a stay is granted. Their reasoning is straightforward: if Gramz eventually wins the appeal, she would recover the bond money. If she loses, the judgment is already secured. The bond requirement, they argued, is the fairest path for both parties while the case moves through the courts.

The attorneys also made their view of the appeal’s merits abundantly clear. They indicated they believe the appeal has little chance of succeeding, and that fact alone is another reason the bond should be required now rather than later.

Their filing went further, referencing the conduct that led to the original lawsuit. The legal team pointed to allegations that Gramz had directed her audience to explicit deepfake content featuring Megan, made threatening statements toward the rapper, and broadcast claims that Megan was lying about being shot. Those were the actions, the attorneys wrote, that made this case what it became.

The Megan defamation case

The lawsuit traces back to the aftermath of the 2020 shooting incident involving Tory Lanez. Gramz was found liable by a federal jury for coordinating with Lanez and his father to spread a false narrative about Megan’s account of events. The jury awarded Megan $75,000 in damages for the reputational harm caused by that campaign.

As of this writing, the judge has not publicly ruled on Gramz’s request for a delay.

What comes next for Megan

The broader context here matters. This is not simply a dispute over $75,000. For Megan, the case represents a years-long effort to hold accountable people she says worked to discredit her story after she was shot. Winning the judgment was one thing. Collecting it is another.

Her legal team’s aggressive response to the stay motion signals they have no intention of allowing procedural delays to drag the process out further. Whether the judge agrees with their position on the bond requirement will likely shape how quickly, if at all, Gramz is required to pay.