Megan Thee Stallion is involved in a messy legal battle against her stylist, featuring fake bills, demands for $1.2 million, and questions of fraud
Erik Archibald, a stylist for celebrities, says he’s due more than a million dollars. Megan says that before she did, her accountants found fraud.
Megan Thee Stallion is ready to make her case now, not in court. When veteran stylist Eric Archibald and his management company Six K sued in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, claiming they owed $1,243,501.98 in unpaid wardrobe fees, the rapper, whose real name is Megan Pete and is 31 years old, countered with a different story: her finance team had already reviewed the invoices and discovered fraud.
In a statement to PEOPLE, she said, “My finance team did a full audit of Eric Archibald’s wardrobe expenses and found fraudulent invoices, unsupported charges, and styling shipments tied to addresses that could not be verified.” “The facts support our case, and you cannot compel me to pay charges that cannot be substantiated.”
The lawsuit says Megan hired Archibald through Six K to dress her for several events from January 2024 to August 2025, but she never paid him. Between January 2025 and January 2026, bills were sent to “each related Stallion entity.” Each bill was accompanied by a deal memo that was supposedly confirmed by email.
For example, a $53,800 bill was issued for the Pete & Thomas Foundation Inaugural Gala on July 16, 2025, which covered the costs of three dresses, helpers, and prep days. The gala in New York City’s Gotham Hall raised over $2.2 million for areas in need.
Archibald and Six K say that the unpaid balance has hurt them emotionally and professionally and that some of the money that’s owed goes to outside vendors. They want to be paid right away.
Archibald is not a new person. He was born and raised in New York and has worked as a stylist for over 30 years. He started out by helping famous stylist June Ambrose and now has Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Bruno Mars as clients. He was Sean John’s design director and Megan’s stylist for her Rolling Stone cover in July 2022 and L’Officiel Italia cover in June 2024. He also led the costumes for the documentary “Megan Thee Stallion: Bigger in Texas” in 2024.
The fact that their partnership was a long-term business relationship makes the breakup even more important.
Megan is coming out of one of the roughest times in her job as a lawyer when this suit comes in. A federal jury ruled in her favor in a defamation case against writer Milagro Gramz in December 2025. The jury said Gramz was guilty of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress and gave her $59,000 in damages. Before that, she fought with record company 1501 Certified Entertainment for more than three years until they came to an agreement in October 2023 that was kept secret.
She has won before. She thinks she will win again.
There is no court date set. Both groups reportedly have a paper trail in their favor. The claimants say that every bill was confirmed by email. Megan’s employees claim that the audit uncovered unprovable charges. The judge will make the final decision, but Megan has already set her limits: she did a full audit, told no one about what she found, and won’t pay what she calls fake bills.
