A courtroom has turned down Kim Kardashian‘s bid to maintain particulars of a $6 million settlement with Ray J behind closed doorways.
The deal relates to authorized barbs exchanged by the 2 sides after Kardashian, in an episode of The Kardashians in 2022, accused Ray J of attempting to extort her with a second intercourse tape and raping her whereas she was asleep. He threatened to sue the fact TV star turned activist and businesswoman, which resulted within the settlement.
Last 12 months, Kardashian and Ray J, whose actual identify is Ray Norwood Jr., reignited their authorized battle when the singer urged on a livestream video that his onetime intercourse associate and her mother have been concerned in an unlawful prison enterprise and have been going to be charged by the federal government. Kardashian sued for defamation, accusing him of attempting to exploit her fame. The lawsuit factors to a second within the TMZ documentary on Sean “Diddy” Combs when Ray J is heard saying, “If you told me the Kardashians were being charged for racketeering, I might believe it.” He later stated in a video extensively shared on the web, “The feds are coming, there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s worse than Diddy.”
Kardashian’s lawsuit resulted in a cross grievance from Ray J, who stated that she violated the phrases of the 2023 settlement barring both facet from discussing the intercourse tape. Kardashian promptly moved to seal courtroom paperwork filed by the singer, arguing they’re extremely confidential.
In the March 30 ruling, L.A. Superior Court Judge Steven Ellis discovered that the appropriate of public entry issues greater than Kardashian’s privateness. He concluded that Kardashian has “presented no admissible evidence that disclosure of the settlement agreement and its terms would cause them any harm.”
The two sides have a protracted historical past. They dated within the Nineties, with the couple leaking a intercourse tape that launched Kardashian’s profession. In a courtroom declaration, Ray J stated he “fell out with the entire Kardashian family” after his ex-girlfriend’s household incurred $850,000 in costs to his bank cards, which resulted in one other lawsuit.
