LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian and her mom, Kris Jenner, are suing her ex-boyfriend Ray J for saying they’re beneath federal investigation and on the verge of being indicted.
The defamation lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket on Wednesday by the truth TV stars and businesspeople is a quick and aggressive pushback towards allegations they are saying are solely baseless.
They are saying Ray J, whose authorized title is Ray Norwood Jr., falsely claimed that he was working with federal investigators on a racketeering case towards them that can quickly result in their indictment.
The lawsuit says Ray J’s feedback are a part of a “sustained campaign of harassment and defamation” that has gone on for years.
“Unable to accept the end of his fleeting relationship with Ms. Kardashian over twenty years ago, Ray J has repeatedly sought to attach himself to Plaintiffs’ names and exploit their prominence for personal gain,” the lawsuit says.
The ladies say two latest statements crossed a line and compelled a lawsuit.
The courtroom submitting factors to a TMZ particular that aired in Might, during which Ray J stated “racketeering charges against the Kardashians would be appropriate,” and “should you advised me that the Kardashians had been being charged for racketeering, I would imagine it.”
He went additional in a Sept. 30 livestream that based on the lawsuit had tens of millions of viewers, saying, “The federal RICO I’m about to drop on Kris and Kim is about to be crazy” and “the feds is coming.” He added that the racketeering case could be “worse than Diddy.”
An electronic mail to a Ray J consultant searching for remark was not instantly answered.
The lawsuit says he gave no proof for his “blatantly false” statements.
“No such federal investigation exists; no law enforcement agency has initiated any criminal proceedings or investigations related to racketeering charges against Ms. Kardashian or Ms. Jenner; and no credible evidence whatsoever supports these inflammatory allegations,” it says.
Ray J is a singer, actor and brother to pop star Brandy. However he in all probability stays greatest identified for his relationship with Kardashian, and a intercourse tape displaying the couple that was leaked in 2007.
“Ray J’s acknowledged animosity toward the Kardashian family, coupled with his demonstrated willingness to lie for attention, leaves no room for doubt that his recent RICO statements were neither careless nor impulsive,” the lawsuit says. “They were the latest salvo in a deliberate and malicious campaign of harassment and defamation intended to defame Plaintiffs while reviving his own fading notoriety.”
The lawsuit says the “media storm” set off by the feedback has precipitated them reputational and monetary damages that can be established at trial.
Kardashian and Jenner are represented within the case by lawyer Alex Spiro, who has develop into a go-to lawyer for outstanding figures and led the group that acquired costs towards Alec Baldwin dismissed in the midst of his trial.
