Megan Thee Stallion is seeking a restraining order against Tory Lanez, claiming he continued to “terrorize” her with a “campaign of harassment” even as he sits behind bars serving a 10-year prison sentence for shooting her.
In a petition filed Tuesday (December 17) in Los Angeles court, attorneys for the superstar (real name Megan Pitt) allege that Lanez (Daystar Peterson) conspired with people outside the prison to “harass her, to bully and compete' with misinformation. amid his “desperate” appeal of his 2022 felony convictions.
“Mr. Peterson's efforts to re-traumatize and re-inflame Ms. Pitt know no bounds — indeed, they continue even while behind bars,” Meghan's lawyers write. “While Mr. Peterson recklessly distorts and ignores the truth in his desperate bid to appeal his conviction, his false allegations have reignited a flood of negative, harmful and defamatory comments directed at Ms. Pitt.”
Monday's report cited a separate lawsuit Meghan filed in October against YouTuber and social media personality Milagro Gramz, who she claims has served as a “mouthpiece and puppet” for the doomed singer. In an updated version of that case filed last week, Megan claimed discovery in the case had revealed jailhouse phone calls in which Laneth coordinated payments to Grams.
“Mr. Peterson's father — when he thought no one was listening — asked his son about payments to Ms. Cooper for harassing Ms. Pitt,” Megan's attorneys wrote in the new filing. “Instead of denying that Ms. Cooper was paid, they question how Ms. Pitt exposed their conspiracy.”
If granted by a judge in California, the restraining order would immediately bar Lanez from any harassing behavior. In the filing, Meghan's lawyers are asking the judge “to order Laneth not to contact Ms. Pitt, directly or indirectly, or harass or intimidate her, directly or indirectly, online.”
The exact contours of such an order — what constitutes harassment of Megan against Laneth merely speaking in his own defense — could be further clarified by the judge. Lanez would later have a chance to respond and the judge would decide whether to issue a long-term ban.
Lawyers for Lanez did not immediately return a request for comment.
Lanez was convicted in December 2022 of three felony charges for the violent 2020 incident in which he shot Meghan in the legs during an argument after a pool party at Kylie Jenner's Hollywood Hills home. In August 2023 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He has filed an appeal, which is pending.
In the new filing, Meghan's lawyers also directly accused Lanez of orchestrating a high-profile false story that circulated on social media earlier this year, falsely claiming that an appeals court had found him “not guilty” of the shooting.
“Mr. “Peterson, through third parties, spread a rumor falsely implying that an appellate court had declared his innocence,” Megan's attorneys wrote. “Mr. Peterson's interpretation highlights his desire to spread misinformation in an attempt to save his public image.”
