Kanye West has been hit with a lawsuit by George Floyd’s family following his controversial remarks about Floyd’s 2020 death during his recent Drink Champs appearance.
According to Click2Houston, Roxie Washington filed the suit on behalf of Floyd’s daughter, who is the only beneficiary of his estate, seeking $250 million in punitive damages.
“Kanye’s comments are a repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death,” attorney Pat D. Dixon III said. “[Kanye made] false statements about George Floyd’s death to promote his brands, and increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners, and associates.”
Kanye West suggested that Floyd was killed by the Fentanyl in his system rather than at the hands of disgraced Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
“I watched the George Floyd documentary that Candace Owens put up. One of the things that his two roommates said was, ‘They want a tall guy like me.’ And the day when he died, he said a prayer for eight minutes… They hit him with the fentanyl,” Ye said roughly 15 minutes into the scrubbed three-and-a-half-hour interview.
“If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that,” he added. “When he said ‘Mama,’ Mama is his girlfriend. They said he screamed for his ‘Mama’; Mama was his girlfriend — it’s in the documentary.”
Floyd’s estate previously won a lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and was awarded $27 million.
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Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker claimed while Floyd’s heart disease and Fentanyl were factors in his death, they were not the direct cause.
Following George Floyd’s death, Kanye West participated in a Black Lives Matter march and set up a 529 education plan to pay the college tuition for Floyd’s eight-year-old daughter, Gianna.
Ye also donated $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, which helped fund legal fees in their fights for justice.
We all saw that coming, honestly I hope they win. People forget that these dead people have families. They’re not gonna let you slide.
He is asshole these platforms and industry needs to can his ass all together and make him get seriously help. Lock him away. People has family.
You all sound the same…
I HOPE THE DAUGHTER GETS EVERY PENNY. KOONYE IS A CLOWN.
Yes he is a fucken clowns piece of shit he needs seiously help. They need to lock him away in a institutions. Hope so too, everybody needs to sue his ass take everythin away from him.
You can hate what Kanye said, but it is absolutely, 100% protected by free speech laws for him to say “if you look at his knee is not even in his neck like that”. I feel bad for GF’s family who lost a loved one, but it would be an absolute travesty of our constitution if they get money from Kanye in this lawsuit. And if you want the lawsuit to go through just because you aren’t a fan of what Kanye said, regardless whether it is legal speech or not, you are a piece of hypocritical shit.
You sound stupid
He is stupid. Needs to go back to school, with his no reading ass
he is free to say whatever he wants but that doesn’t mean he can’t sued for deformation. ask Alex Jones.
so kanye west the only person who ever said it was an overdose? as soon as it’s a black man these people get hostile. BLM means no black men alllowed. it’s worse than a joke. BLM just following the plan. fuck those people
Nope, but he’s the dumb rich person who took up their cause and repeated their obvious lies as facts. Ask Alex Jones how that worked out for his bitch ass claiming that kids who got shot were crisis actors.
Because there’s photos/videos of the kids all together after the fact..amongstmsny other red flags and lies. dumb ass doesn’t read both sides.. just BBC can’t justify that retarded amount neither nor will they get it.. all to take away free speech.
These people are beyond stupid. Legally speaking, you cant claim defamation on behalf of a deceased person. And here in America, we have the 1sr Amendment.
Ask Alex Jones about that. Those Trumptards are going to get a lot of you stupid people in some deep shit repeating their lies for them as they use you.
Is that you Joe…You lefties are real nasty people huh?
how in the fuck is a judge going to think that 250million dollars is appropriate for saying those things. thats one thing about america step out of line and you are in deep shit especially when people you wrong are expecting to sue for absurd amounts of money. fuck this shit i hope the floyd family don’t get a fucking penny. harden the fuck up.
Shut your dumb ass up. All of these people lying and grifting is what the problem is. Sue their asses. It’s the American way. If you’re not going out repeating lies and shit, you won’t have anything to worry about. Simple. He didn’t state it as an opinion. He repeated a lie to try to defame a dead man.
They’re again here you are with your opinion, based on? What the media is telling you!?!? really? You have no clue what is happening at the moment do you pal
He already shot the girl 750k lol man people really ignorant af… how in the world is 250 million dollars even calculated for one minute of speculation. They really out here tryna kill freedom of speech
FREEDOM OF SPEECH WILL ALWAYS EXIST. FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK YOU’RE SLOW AND A FUCKING IDIOT AND THAT’S OK. CLAP BACK IF YOU LIKE
Waaaaaaa you hurt my feelings, life is ruined kill me now!
WHAT’S YOUR CAUSE OF DEATH? HEARTACHE OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FROM SALTY TEARS?
Heartache without a doubt! Those words… the way they penetrate my heart.. I can feel it tearing as we speak
Hopefully they win like that Alex Jones shit so these trolls will keep their name out of their mouth.
You not know that of which you speak. You don’t enjoy being manipulated do ya?
If you disagree with him, you’re the one being manipulated. Didn’t the Alex Jones case make you think at all?! He admitted he lied…and that’s what these right wing trolls do all the time…lie. Wake up FFS.
You can’t actually believe that… lefts right all lie but the left is on some shit, I habe watched AJ for over 10 years so dont tell me who he is LOL nor do I let some corrupt evil media outlet tell me how to think.
Your get your programming from the media? Your the one asleep lol crazy lil kid
I wish ppl go actually read and comprehend the 1st Amendment. If you think you can actually go and say whatever you want and not face any consequences you are sadly mistaken. Now do I think this lawsuit is a gross reach and ridiculous…… absolutely.
An opinion can and always will differ. But that’s all it is… an opinion, why get all up set unless you know it was true. The road we are going down will lead to nothing more then arrest and indoctrination based on how you think.. in other words if you don’t cooperate and be a good little yes man you will be silenced/fined.
So tired of people thinking freedom of speech doesn’t have consequences. YES you are MORE than welcome to say whatever you want but that doesn’t mean people have to agree with you and just sit back and feel like crap based off what you say just because you’re having a bad day
The problem is alot of people are way to sensitive… they’re words! Nobody knows you more then yourself so if someone is talking iLL about you why get offended? It is either true or false what they say is irrelevant and guess who knows best? You do. This is more then likely a cash out. Sticks nd stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me
Another money grab then.
Why sue Ye and not go after Candice Owen’s for the documentary. It’s a joke. Ye is not crazy like they portray. Listening to too much TV PROGRAMMING! Lots of people are for all this censorship until it’s them who’s being sensored. It’s bullshit really. This has to be one of the worst societies in history!
I’m getting tired of this site deleting comments. The sensorship is everywhere.
BLM is a fraud ass anti black make organization folks being saying that FROM THE JUMP and no one can stop it. Did anyone defend Black Lives Matter this week? Why did media corporations decide to make Black Lives Matter the beneficiary of protest cash? Why not NAACP? or some grass roots organization with clear leadership and objectives? ever been to a BLM meeting? They don’t have those. Ye called it a scam for a reason. Tired of simps who just hate black men and thought BLM was the perfect vehicle. we are carjacking that bitch
It’s embarrassing how much Floyd is put on a pedestal for doing nothing, but punking a young kid at a store for stealing while high on fentanyl and methamphetamines. Oh, and resisting arrest. Did anyone actually watch any of the footage leading up to him being put on the ground? How about the footage of a similar incident with police prior to that? He didn’t deserve to die, but he doesn’t deserve to be worshipped either. It’s profound how we latch onto people in this culture who haven’t done anything good their whole lives just cause we think it will benefit us in the long term. Even if we know it’s built on a lie. Can anyone name one good thing we got out of George Floyd and BLM? I’ll wait. I would also be surprised if my comment isn’t censored. Because of MiSinForMaTioN/DisInfOrMaTioN.
please just fkn go away no one cares what you think. if the cop had called an ambulance instead of kneeling on dude’s head for ten minutes he would be alive. not even ye is disputing that. you are on here just trying to sell some agenda thinking people on here stupid