Lawyers Deliver Intense Opening Statements In Blac Chyna's Civil Trial Against The Kardashian Family
20.04.2022 - 17:53
/ perezhilton.com
The lawyers have made their opening statements, and the high-profile civil trial between Blac Chyna and the KarJenner family is off and running.
On Tuesday, Kardashian family attorney Michael Rhodes took to court to tell the jury the famous fam’s side of the story, claiming that Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner “acted to intervene” in brother Rob Kardashian‘s relationship with Chyna in 2016 because they were worried about his safety.
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Rhodes’ opening statement in the case centered on Chyna — real name Angela White — and her supposed desire to become “one of” the world-famous reality TV moguls. The attorney opened his part of the case by telling the jury:
One of the main issues in the case is how the KarJenner fam allegedly cut Chyna out of their reality TV empire by killing her spin-off show prematurely, leaving her on the outside looking in as far as brand deals and big money sponsorships were concerned.
According to Rhodes, 35-year-old Rob and his then-partner got into a huge fight at Kylie’s house on the day the second season of their reality show Rob & Chyna was announced, in December 2016. Things got so bad between Rob and the 33-year-old woman, that Kris’ boyfriend Corey Gamble allegedly had to physically step in to keep things from turning too violent.
Rhodes explained in his opening statement that Gamble supposedly told Rob to get into his car and drive away. As Rob made the move to do so, the lawyer claimed Chyna allegedly threw a chair at his car. Rhodes further told jurors that throughout the trial, they were going to hear testimony about Chyna supposedly wrapping a phone cord around Rob’s neck, and