Ray J Sued By Kim Kardashian And Kris Jenner For Defamation
Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner have moved to file a lawsuit against Ray J after he allegedly defamed them with allegations of a federal investigation.
According to the Associated Press, the mother-daughter duo filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday (Oct. 1) and claimed that Ray J’s most recent claims crossed a line and are part of a “sustained campaign of harassment and defamation” that has lasted 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 detailed.
Last month, audio surfaced of Ray J, legal name Ray Norwood Jr., alleging to have involvement with a federal investigation of the two women.
“This federal RICO though on KK and Kris…the federal RICO I’m about to drop on Kris and Kim is about to be crazy,” he boasted while speaking to Baddies star Chrisean Rock. “I’m talking about, I’m on the news every day. I’m gonna say a lot of sh*t. If anybody know Kim or cool with Kim, they need to tell her now, the rain is coming, the feds is coming….There’s nothing I can do about it.”
“It’s worse than Diddy,” he added repeatedly.
According to AP, the lawsuit also noted a TMZ special that aired in May where Ray J proclaimed, “racketeering charges against the Kardashians would be appropriate,” and “if you told me that the Kardashians were being charged for racketeering, I might believe it.”
“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,” explained the lawsuit.
“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 continued. “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.”
In response, Ray J alleged that the family attempted to make him a “slave.” In the above clip taken from a Twitch live stream, the 44-year-old addresses the allegations made in the lawsuit.
“How I defame you? You just paid me all this money, you ain’t mention that. But you also didnt mention that you was supposed to tell Hulu to take that sh*t down,” he began. “These b**ches already paid me $5 million, and they tryna make me a slave.”
“I can show you all the dirty sh*t they telling me…y’all think im just on here acting like an a**…I’m obsessed with you? You’re obsessed with me,” he continued. “I got all the proof. This is you telling me, ‘Please don’t tell nobody.’ You going to jail. This is bribery. You keep pressing me every year, and I don’t wanna take this sh*t no more. I don’t wanna take y’all fu**king money.”
“The arbitration sh*t’s out the door, bro. What are you doing? This is hush money from a lie that you created.”
VIBE has reached out to representatives for Ray J, Kim Kardshian and Kris Jenner for a statement on the dispute.
