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Aug. 14, 2026

Kardashian defamation suit against Ray J can proceed, judge says

A Los Angeles judge rejected Ray J's anti-SLAPP bid against Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, finding a jury could conclude his racketeering accusations were defamatory and that his reliance on ChatGPT did not establish a reasonable basis for believing they had violated federal law.

Kardashian defamation suit against Ray J can proceed, judge says
Alexander B. Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

A Los Angeles judge refused to narrow Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner's defamation suit against the R&B singer known as Ray J, allowing claims that he falsely branded them federal racketeers on TMZ and during a Twitch livestream to proceed -- and rejecting his bid to rely on ChatGPT as support for his belief they broke the law.

In the Aug. 11 order, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven A. Ellis denied Willie Ray Norwood Jr.'s anti-SLAPP motion, finding the def...

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