Back in court. After her loss in her defamation case against the Kardashian-Jenner family, Blac Chyna‘s focus has turned to her 2017 lawsuit involving Rob Kardashian.
21.04.2022 - 03:55 / deadline.com
In a turn of events that may be good for business but bad for family relations, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner were in court today as testimony began in Blac Chyna’s lawsuit against them. The lawsuit, brought in November 2017, alleges defamation and interference with prospective economic advantage.
Specifically, Chyna is claiming that the Jenner-Kardashians lied about Chyna assaulting Rob Kardashian when speaking to E! executives in order to scuttle a second season of Rob & Chyna, the 2016 reality show that featured the Kardashian scion and his fiancée, who were about to have a baby together. A second season was announced on December 17, 2016, but never aired after the couple split in early 2017.
Defense attorney Michael G. Rhodes said E! chose not to go forward with the second season of Rob & Chyna because the Chyna-Rob Kardashian relationship went “off the rails,” resulting in Chyna assaulting Rob Kardashian in Kylie Jenner’s Hidden Hills home in December 2016, including putting a phone cord around his neck and pointing a gun — likely unloaded — at his head.
In July 2017, Chyna asked for and received a temporary restraining order against her former fiancé, making it all but impossible for the show to proceed, according to Rhodes.
All attempts by E! executives to mend the relationship and have the couple go to a retreat so the show could continue were unfruitful, said Rhodes. While the Kardashians and Jenners may have said some things that were unflattering to Chyna, he maintained they were rightfully upset about what they believed she had done to their brother and son. The four acted to “protect someone they loved,” according to Rhodes.
The Kardashian lawyer maintained — and the prosecution
Back in court. After her loss in her defamation case against the Kardashian-Jenner family, Blac Chyna‘s focus has turned to her 2017 lawsuit involving Rob Kardashian.
Blac Chyna's lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and the rest of his family has come to an end after each side made a slew of allegations. ET is taking a closer look at why Blac Chyna mounted a $100 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family and what transpired in court.Her attorney, Lynne Ciani, told reporters she plans to file an appeal. Ciani said that, despite losing the defamation and contract interference claims against the Kardashian-Jenner family, there's still reason to celebrate, and for two reasons.
Blac Chyna's lawyer said she plans to appeal the verdict in the defamation case her client lost against Rob Kardashian and his family.Lynne Ciani told reporters on Monday following the verdict that, despite losing the defamation and contract interference claims against the Kardashian-Jenner family, there's still reason to celebrate, and for two reasons. Ciani, who has represented Chyna for over four years, said that «the jury found that Chyna had not physically abused Rob Kardashian.»Ciani also said that it's her interpretation that «all four defendants had intentionally interfered with her contract with E! Network.» She added, «We will appeal the remainder of the verdict.»Chyna filed a lawsuit against the Kardashian-Jenner family in 2017 and sued for more than $40 million for loss of earning damages and more than $60 million in loss of future earning capacity damages after claiming they schemed to have canceled after one season as a form of «revenge» against Chyna for leaving Rob.The 12-member jury deliberated for 10 hours beginning Friday and found the Kardashian-Jenner family was not justified in telling network executives that Chyna physically abused Rob.
Kris Jenner has shared her relief that her family's legal battle with Blac Chyna is finally over during an emotional chat on the 2022 Met Gala's red carpet.The Kardashian-Jenner matriarch opened up about how "happy" she was that the judge ruled neither Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner or herself owed any damages to the 33 year old model, whose real name is Angela Renée White. It came after the jury gave their verdict the Kardashians were not guilty of defamation.The jury also said that Kris, 66, Kim, 41, Khloe, 37, and 24 year old Kylie's conduct was not a "substantial factor" in causing the model "actual harm".
UPDATED with latest: A Los Angeles jury today rejected model Blac Chyna’s defamation lawsuit against members of the Kardashian/Jenner clan — a major victory for the reality TV personalities who were accused of derailing Chyna’s unscripted television career.
Kim Kardashian has been given some good news amid her trial against Blac Chyna.
Blac Chyna's lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and the rest of his family is fully underway now with each side making a slew of allegations. ET is taking a closer look at why Blac Chyna mounted a $100 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family and what has transpired in court so far.The jury is still in deliberations but, in the meantime, the judge handed Kim a huge victory in court when he granted her lawyer's motion to drop the defamation claim against her. The Kardashian-Jenner attorney, Michael Rhodes, issued a document purportedly showing the judge's decision, which read, in part, «There is no evidence that defendant Kim Kardashian took a 'responsible part' in the publication of the alleged statements by the other defendants.»Chyna's lawyer had argued that «to support a claim for defamation, [Blac Chyna] need only establish that the individual defendants took a 'responsible part' in the publication of the defamatory matter.» But the judge ruled otherwise.The jury's still deliberating on other claims, including that the family schemed to have canceled.Attorney Michael Rhodes asked the jury to start with the big fight between Rob and Chyna and to put themselves inside the house during that time.Rhodes asked the jury to think about how Rob looked on the stand and noted the «pain and anguish» on his face.
Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentKim Kardashian scored a victory on Friday when a judge tossed Blac Chyna’s defamation claim against the reality star and business mogul, which was one of the claims in her lawsuit.Meanwhile, the jury is deliberating the remaining claims in the case where Chyna says the Kardashian-Jenner family ruined her reality TV career and cost her more than one hundred million dollars in damages and future earnings.Chyna, a model and influencer who is Rob Kardashian’s ex-fiancé and the mother to his 5-year-old daughter, co-starred with Rob Kardashian in E!’s “Rob & Chyna,” a reality show that aired for one season in 2016. The show is at the center of her lawsuit, which alleges that the series was canceled after one season because the Kardashian family falsely told producers and network executives that Chyna violently attacked Rob Kardashian in December 2016.
Blac Chyna's lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and the rest of his family is fully underway now with each side making a slew of allegations. ET is taking a closer look at why Blac Chyna mounted a $100 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family and what has transpired in court so far.ETonline will continue to update this story as more information comes in regarding the trial.On Thursday, April 28, Francis Berwick, a vice president at NBCUniversal, spoke about why only had one season, and was adamant that she did not have any conversations with the Kardashian-Jenner family about the cancellation.Ultimately Francis said that Rob and Chyna's relationship was in a sad place after the first season and it wasn't the sort of story E! wanted to tell. She further noted that E! looks for frothy, escapist shows that are on the lighter side.
Kim Kardashian was adamant about not wanting Blac Chyna to appear on .The 41-year-old SKIMS founder took the witness stand Tuesday in L.A. Superior Court and testified about her frustration over Blac Chyna appearing on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
Kris Jenner continued her dramatic second-day testimony Friday in Blac Chyna’s $100 million defamation lawsuit over what the ex-fiancée of Rob Kardashian believes was a coup by the Kardashian clan to cancel her reality show, "Rob & Chyna." The show aired on E!, and Chyna, 33, filed suit in 2017 after she said the show was given the green light for a Season 2 but was called off after Rob, 35, and the former exotic dancer had a dust-up. "They had an option that they didn’t exercise," Jenner, wearing a pastel suit, said on the stand. "[Rob] never got a letter.There was nothing to cancel." During her testimony Thursday, Kris was questioned at length about the violent altercation between Rob and Chyna that led to their breakup and a restraining order against Rob.
Kris Jenner made damming allegations on her second consecutive day on the witness stand, testifying in court that she 100 percent believed Blac Chyna attempted to murder Rob Kardashian.The Kardashian-Jenner matriarch said «I do» when Chyna's attorney, Lynne Ciani, asked her, «Do you believe 100 percent that Blac Chyna attempted murder on your son, Rob?» When asked what the basis is for her assertion, Jenner replied, «Well, I was told she put a gun to his head, and was drinking, and I don’t think drinking and guns are ever good together.»She added, «I was told she tried to strangle him with a phone cord. I was told it was complete chaos that this was happening. I was very upset.
Rob Kardashian and his 5-year-old daughter, Dream, it's business as usual on the home front amid Rob and his family squaring off with Blac Chyna in court.A source tells ET that Rob has been at home taking care of Dream throughout the trial, which has so far lasted a week. The source said Rob is Dream's main caretaker as he has her six days a week.
Blac Chyna's lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and the rest of his family is fully underway now with each side making a slew of allegations, and ET is taking a closer look at why Blac Chyna mounted a $100 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family and what to expect in the coming days.In a statement to ET and just days before the trial, the Kardashian's family attorney, Michael Rhodes, addressed the allegations saying, «We aren't going to sully the process by responding to slanderous nonsense.»Blac Chyna's attorney, Lynne Ciani, told ET that «the defendants' illegal conduct not only cost Chyna millions and millions of dollars, [but] their conduct was emotionally devastating to her.» Ciani added that «Chyna will appear in court to testify and to personally witness the entire trial, from start to finish.»According to, Rhodes told the judge that the Kardashians made a settlement offer earlier this week that was rejected by Chyna. This defamation lawsuit won't be the end of Rob and Chyna's feud. reports Chyna's separate trial in her "revenge porn" case is set to start in early May.On Monday, April 18, jury selection begins and the trial is expected to last approximately two weeks.
Kris Jenner was called to the stand Thursday to testify in the trial stemming from Blac Chyna's lawsuit against her daughters — and she dropped a bombshell that took many in the court a minute to process. Donning a spring blue suit and low-top Jordan sneakers – a collaboration with Travis Scott – the Kardashian-Jenner momager told the jury that she had heard from daughter Kylie Jenner – who was not present in the court – that Chyna had been physically abusive with rapper Tyga, her former fiancé, and that he even had a knife slash on his arm to show for it.
Blac Chyna's lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and the rest of his family is fully underway now with each side making a slew of allegations, and ET is taking a closer look at why Blac Chyna mounted a $100 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family and what to expect in the coming days.In a statement to ET and just days before the trial, the Kardashian's family attorney, Michael Rhodes, addressed the allegations saying, «We aren't going to sully the process by responding to slanderous nonsense.»Blac Chyna's attorney, Lynne Ciani, told ET that «the defendants' illegal conduct not only cost Chyna millions and millions of dollars, [but] their conduct was emotionally devastating to her.» Ciani added that «Chyna will appear in court to testify and to personally witness the entire trial, from start to finish.»According to, Rhodes told the judge that the Kardashians made a settlement offer earlier this week that was rejected by Chyna. This defamation lawsuit won't be the end of Rob and Chyna's feud. reports Chyna's separate trial in her "revenge porn" case is set to start in early May.On Monday, April 18, jury selection begins and the trial is expected to last approximately two weeks.