The Kardashian-Jenners’ Biggest Legal Battles Through the Years: Blac Chyna Lawsuit, Divorces, Harassment Allegations and More

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The Kardashian-Jenners’ Biggest Legal Battles Through the Years: Blac Chyna Lawsuit, Divorces, Harassment Allegations and More

Protecting their legacy. The Kardashian-Jenner family have dealt with their fair share of legal battles over the years, from lawsuits to custody battles. “We kept it internal, between the family,” Kris Jenner testified in April 2022, explaining to a Los Angeles court why she hadn’t informed police that Blac Chyna allegedly threatened to kill Kylie Jenner. The shocking testimony came amid Chyna’s defamation and contract interference lawsuit against Kris, Kylie, Kim Kardashian, and Khloé Kardashian. The Real Black Chyna alum claimed that the reality television moguls had interfered with the future of her television series Rob & Chyna. “Blac Chyna will seek millions in compensatory and punitive damages from Kris, Kim, Khloe and Kylie for defamation, intentional interference with contract, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage,” the rapper’s attorney, Lynne Ciani, said in a statement to Us Weekly in October 2020. “Chyna is beyond thrilled that she will have her day in court.” [sendtonews type="float" key="nz5wx777gB-2833539-14453"] All four Kardashian-Jenner women named in the suit testified against Chyna, as did Rob Kardashian, who welcomed a daughter, Dream, with the Washington D.C. native in November 2016. After a 10-day trial, a jury sided with the Kardashians stars and Chyna was not awarded any damages. “On behalf of Kris, Kim, Khloe, and Kylie, we want to express our appreciation to the jury,” the Kardashian family’s lawyers, Michael Rhodes and Michelle Doolin, said in a statement to Us after the verdict was announced. “We are also grateful for the steady hand of Judge Gregory Alarcon in making sure that this was a fair trial. The jury sent a clear message to Ms. White and her lawyer — I hope they are listening. Justice has prevailed.” The Lashed by Black Chyna founder has made it clear she plans to appeal the decision. Ciani claimed in a statement to Us that the trial was unfair, arguing that the judge had introduced “a highly prejudicial, punitive, and baseless jury instruction that falsely stated that Plaintiff had violated a court order regarding production of her financial records.” Before their canceled reality show launched a courtroom war, Chyna and Rob had a tumultuous relationship. The pair broke up and got back together multiple times before calling it quits for good in 2017. That July, the California native shared a series of explicit photos of Chyna via Instagram, accusing her of cheating on him and neglecting their daughter. The model responded by accusing Rob of physical abuse on Snapchat. The duo proceeded to fight over child support payments and custody for years, agreeing to joint custody in December 2020. Scroll through for a look back at the Kardashian-Jenner family’s biggest legal battles through the years: [podcast_block]

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The Kardashian-Jenners’ Biggest Legal Battles Through the Years: Blac Chyna Lawsuit, Divorces, Harassment Allegations and More

Protecting their legacy. The Kardashian-Jenner family have dealt with their fair share of legal battles over the years, from lawsuits to custody battles. “We kept it internal, between the family,” Kris Jenner testified in April 2022, explaining to a Los Angeles court why she hadn’t informed police that Blac Chyna allegedly threatened to kill Kylie Jenner. The shocking testimony came amid Chyna’s defamation and contract interference lawsuit against Kris, Kylie, Kim Kardashian, and Khloé Kardashian. The Real Black Chyna alum claimed that the reality television moguls had interfered with the future of her television series Rob & Chyna. “Blac Chyna will seek millions in compensatory and punitive damages from Kris, Kim, Khloe and Kylie for defamation, intentional interference with contract, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage,” the rapper’s attorney, Lynne Ciani, said in a statement to Us Weekly in October 2020. “Chyna is beyond thrilled that she will have her day in court.” [sendtonews type="float" key="nz5wx777gB-2833539-14453"] All four Kardashian-Jenner women named in the suit testified against Chyna, as did Rob Kardashian, who welcomed a daughter, Dream, with the Washington D.C. native in November 2016. After a 10-day trial, a jury sided with the Kardashians stars and Chyna was not awarded any damages. “On behalf of Kris, Kim, Khloe, and Kylie, we want to express our appreciation to the jury,” the Kardashian family’s lawyers, Michael Rhodes and Michelle Doolin, said in a statement to Us after the verdict was announced. “We are also grateful for the steady hand of Judge Gregory Alarcon in making sure that this was a fair trial. The jury sent a clear message to Ms. White and her lawyer — I hope they are listening. Justice has prevailed.” The Lashed by Black Chyna founder has made it clear she plans to appeal the decision. Ciani claimed in a statement to Us that the trial was unfair, arguing that the judge had introduced “a highly prejudicial, punitive, and baseless jury instruction that falsely stated that Plaintiff had violated a court order regarding production of her financial records.” Before their canceled reality show launched a courtroom war, Chyna and Rob had a tumultuous relationship. The pair broke up and got back together multiple times before calling it quits for good in 2017. That July, the California native shared a series of explicit photos of Chyna via Instagram, accusing her of cheating on him and neglecting their daughter. The model responded by accusing Rob of physical abuse on Snapchat. The duo proceeded to fight over child support payments and custody for years, agreeing to joint custody in December 2020. Scroll through for a look back at the Kardashian-Jenner family’s biggest legal battles through the years: [podcast_block]

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Khloé Sued By Paparazzi

In April 2017, Xposure Photos filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Khloé & Lamar alum of infringing on their copyrights by posting a photo of herself on Instagram without crediting them. According to court documents, the photo agency asked for $150,000 in damages, claiming that they would’ve profited from the photographs if Khloé  hadn’t shared them.

Xposure Photos dropped the lawsuit in February 2018.

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Kris Denies Sexual Harassment Allegations

Former bodyguard for the Kardashian family Marc McWilliams sued Kris in September 2020, claiming she had sexually harassed him on the job.

According to court documents obtained by Us, McWilliams alleged he was “subject to a pattern of unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances” from the momager.

“Kris categorically denies ever behaving inappropriately toward Marc McWilliams. The security guard worked outside the house and he never even went into Kris’ house,” the reality television star’s lawyer Marty Singer told TMZ in a statement at the time.

In August 2021, all parties involved agree to proceed with arbitration quietly, Vulture reported.

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Kendall's Involvement in the Fyre Festival Lawsuit

Kendall was paid to endorse the 2017 Fyre Festival via Instagram. After the event turned out to be fraudulent, the model was ordered to pay back $90,000 of her earnings. According to documents obtained by Us, she was originally paid $275,000 for the endorsement.

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Blac Chyna's Lawsuit

Chyna first took legal action against the Kardashian family in 2017, claiming that her reality series Rob & Chyna was cancelled due to their interference. The defamation and contract interference lawsuit went to trial in April 2022.

After Kris, Kim, Khloé, Kylie and Rob all testified against the Real Blac Chyna alum, a judge dismissed the case. Chyna was not awarded any damages.

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Rob and Blac Chyna's Custody Battle

In January 2020, Rob filed a request asking that Chyna be drug tested 30 minutes before visits with their then-4-year-old daughter. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum accused his estranged partner of abusing alcohol and drugs while taking care of Dream. Chyna denied the allegations and requested that a nanny be present whenever Dream was with her father.

After months of accusations on both sides, the exes agreed to joint physical custody in December 2020.

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Kim and Kanye's Divorce

Kim filed for divorce from the “Gold Digger” rapper in February 2021. “I wish to handle all matters regarding our children privately and hopefully he can finally respond to the third attorney he has had in the last year to resolve any issues amicably,” the SKIMS CEO wrote via Instagram in February 2022, when West still hadn’t signed the divorce papers a year later.

Her comments came amid the “Heartless” musician’s public claims that Kim was keeping him from the four children they share: North, born in 2013, Saint, born in 2015, Chicago, born in 2018, and Psalm, born in 2019.

The reality star and rapper have yet to finalize their divorce. A judge declared Kim legally single in March 2022.

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Kim Sued for Trademark Infringement

In June 2022, esthetician Cyndie Lunsford sued Kim for trademark infringement over her SKKN skincare brand. In the lawsuit, Lunsford claimed that her company, Beauty Concepts, "confucted business continuously under the SKKN+ brand in Washington, DC and/or New York, New York, since at least August 2018."

The KKW Beauty founder's attorney Michael Rhodes responded to the claim in a statement to Us. “This lawsuit is not what it seems. SKKN BY KIM is a new brand that follows in the footsteps of Ms. Kardashian’s successful KKW line of products. Building on independent research and development, her company filed a trademark application for SKKN BY KIM to protect the new branded product,” he said.

The attorney continued, “We applaud Ms. Lunsford for being a small business owner and following her dreams. But that doesn’t give her the right to wrongfully claim that we’ve done something wrong.”