Overview
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid found Lanez in contempt after he declined to answer basic questions in a Nov. 14 jailhouse deposition tied to Megan Thee Stallion’s suit against blogger Milagro Gramz.
- The court ordered Lanez to pay $20,000 and directed that jurors be told he ended the session without answering, with the deposition concluding after 44 minutes.
- Lanez refused three questions about how he came to know Milagro Cooper, whether he communicated with her, and whether he used Instagram or text messages to do so.
- According to the judge’s account and contemporaneous reporting, Lanez dismissed potential penalties when warned he could face sanctions for noncooperation.
- Jury selection began in Miami on Monday as the civil trial moves forward, days after a California appeals court upheld Lanez’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence in the 2020 shooting.