Megan Thee Stallion’s Lawyers Label Ex-Cameraman Accusing Rapper Of Harassment A ‘Con Artist’ Who Is ‘Angry’ After Being Fired

May 30, 2024 by Twila-Amoure McDaniel in Music with 0 Comments

Megan Thee Stallion, Emilio Garcia

Megan Thee Stallion’s Lawyers Label Ex-Cameraman Accusing Rapper Of Harassment A ‘Con Artist’ Who Is ‘Angry’ After Being Fired

Attorneys representing Megan Thee Stallion have slammed the lawsuit from the rapper’s former employee.

As previously reported, last month Emilio Garcia accused Megan Thee Stallion, real name Megan Pete, of harassment, claiming in June 2022 he was “trapped” in a moving vehicle while the Grammy Award winner engaged in intercourse with another woman “right beside” him. The cameraman, who worked for Megan Thee Stallion between 2018 and 2023, also alleged she failed to pay him for overtime hours. After the lawsuit initially made headlines, Megan’s legal team released a statement, saying the “salacious accusations” would be dealt with in court.

Looks like the lawyers — Mari Henderson and Alex Spiro — kept their word. In their formal response to the complaint, they argued,

“Plaintiff is a con artist who is manipulating the judicial system to act as his publicist and bullhorn in a desperate attempt to boost his failed singing career while trying to tear down the successful career of Megan thee Stallion.”

Megan Thee Stallion, Emilio Garcia

They continued,

“Throughout his tenure as an independently contracted photographer and videographer for Ms. Pete and her production companies…(Garcia) repeatedly falsified his invoices and overcharged Ms. Pete for services he never completed and sought reimbursements for money he never spent.”

According to the attorneys, Garcia’s “pattern of misrepresentations was so prevalent that Ms. Pete was forced to terminate (him) in June 2023.”

In addition, they said,

“Angry at the loss of this high-profile gig and his exile from the inner circles of stardom, (Garcia) filed a factually and legally frivolous complaint. (He) took a run of the mill wage and labor dispute and trumped up his frivolous claims with sensationalist false allegations of sex, debauchery, and workplace harassment for the sole purpose of creating a media firestorm to tarnish the career and reputation of Ms. Pete.”