The Kardashian-Jenner clan on Monday traded their courtroom power suits for Gilded Glamour-themed gowns at the Met Gala in New York City.
A Los Angeles jury handed them a victory in Blac Chyna’s lawsuit against the family accusing them of defamation as members of the Kardashian-Jenner family got ready to walk the red carpet.
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Chyna, whose legal name is Angela White, sued Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner, accusing them of unfairly trash-talking her to E! executives five years ago following her split with Rob Kardashian.
She sought $100 million in damages, claiming that such conversations led to the network scrapping the “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” spinoff series “Rob & Chyna.” The Kardashian-Jenners denied the allegations and the jury ultimately sided with them.
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Chyna and her mother were in court but left without answering questions on Monday.
Though several members of the Kardashian-Jenner family testified during the trial, they missed the final day.
On Monday, before the verdict was read out, Kardashian family attorney Michael G. Rhodes said his clients “were all in New York at some gala.”
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In July 2017, according to Rolling Stone, tensions flared when Kardashian posted several nude photos of Chyna to his social media. The model subsequently took out a restraining order against her ex-fiancé. A separate trial over the alleged “revenge porn” incident is set to begin in May.
In her October 2017 filing, Chyna called Kardashian “an abuser intent on destroying… the mother of his baby, who left him in 2016.”
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“In revenge, the Kardashian-Jenner family became media predators, slut-shaming her on social media and killing her television show, which had already begun filming a second season,” the lawsuit continued.
Also closely scrutinised at the trial were a number of texts and emails sent by the Kardashian-Jenners to E! network executives around December 2016.
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The exhibits included a text from Kris Jenner, discussing how Chyna “beat the shit out of Rob’s face,” and an email sent by Kylie Jenner, saying that she felt “very strongly” that Rob and Chyna should be axed.