Kim Kardashian. Noam Galai/NBC
Kim Kardashian’s legal professional has addressed the truth star being named in a brand new libel and slander lawsuit.
“It was a easy mistake of utilizing the general public picture of one other man with the identical title to advertise Kim’s longstanding dedication to the reason for felony justice reform,” Kardashian’s lawyer Michael Rhodes informed Us Weekly in a press release on Thursday, February 20. “The picture was taken down virtually instantly as soon as the error was found. We’d choose to resolve this with out litigation, however in fact will defend Kim as wanted.”
Information broke earlier on Thursday that Ivan A. Cantu filed a lawsuit in opposition to Kardashian, 44, claiming that she posted a photograph of him in a earlier social media message a few loss of life row inmate with the identical title. (TMZ was the primary to report the information.)
“To all my family and friends, I’m not getting executed, some fool who runs @kimkardashian used my image as a substitute of Ivan ‘Abner’ Cantu,” the plaintiff wrote by way of Fb.
Kim Kardashian mistakenly recognized the flawed man as a loss of life row inmate. When asking her social media followers to petition for a overview of Ivan Cantu’s case, Kardashian, 43, by chance shared a black-and-white image of Ivan A. Cantu — a challenge supervisor who lives in New York. “To all my family and friends, I’m […]
Kardashian has grow to be an advocate for criminal justice reform since she began finding out to be a lawyer in 2020. Final 12 months, she wrote about Ivan “Abner” Cantu’s loss of life row sentence.
“I heard about Ivan Cantu’s case from Sister Helen Prejean and was actually moved by it. In 2001, Ivan was convicted of killing his cousin, James Mosqueda, and his fiancée, Amy Kitchen,” she wrote by way of Facebook in January 2024. “Ivan has at all times maintained his innocence claiming that the rival drug supplier framed him for the murders. There was false testimony by the State’s star witnesses who later recanted their statements and proof withheld by the prosecution that may be extraordinarily impactful.”
She added on the time, “Even the jurors need to assist now and assist Ivan’s appeals, believing they didn’t hear all of the proof at trial. In April 2023, a choose canceled Ivan’s scheduled execution when the protection filed an attraction about false testimony and new proof. However later that 12 months the execution was rescheduled and he’s set to die on February 28, 2024.”
Kim Kardashian, esquire? The fact TV persona has been open about her journey to grow to be a lawyer after registering with the California State Bar to check regulation in 2018. Kardashian spoke publicly about her plans for the primary time in her April 2019 Vogue cowl story, explaining she blocked out 18 hours of supervised examine […]
Kardashian additional requested her social media followers to write down to the native “conviction integrity unit” in Texas to plead for a keep of execution.
“The prosecutor’s workplaces are starting to acknowledge that there are loads of errors in convictions,” the Kardashians star concluded. “They encourage you to write down into their integrity models about particular instances, so I’m encouraging everybody to write down in concerning the case of Ivan Cantu. The time to behave to save lots of Ivan Cantu is now!”
Kim Kardashian. Noam Galai/NBC
Kim Kardashian’s legal professional has addressed the truth star being named in a brand new libel and slander lawsuit.
“It was a easy mistake of utilizing the general public picture of one other man with the identical title to advertise Kim’s longstanding dedication to the reason for felony justice reform,” Kardashian’s lawyer Michael Rhodes informed Us Weekly in a press release on Thursday, February 20. “The picture was taken down virtually instantly as soon as the error was found. We’d choose to resolve this with out litigation, however in fact will defend Kim as wanted.”
Information broke earlier on Thursday that Ivan A. Cantu filed a lawsuit in opposition to Kardashian, 44, claiming that she posted a photograph of him in a earlier social media message a few loss of life row inmate with the identical title. (TMZ was the primary to report the information.)
“To all my family and friends, I’m not getting executed, some fool who runs @kimkardashian used my image as a substitute of Ivan ‘Abner’ Cantu,” the plaintiff wrote by way of Fb.
Kim Kardashian mistakenly recognized the flawed man as a loss of life row inmate. When asking her social media followers to petition for a overview of Ivan Cantu’s case, Kardashian, 43, by chance shared a black-and-white image of Ivan A. Cantu — a challenge supervisor who lives in New York. “To all my family and friends, I’m […]
Kardashian has grow to be an advocate for criminal justice reform since she began finding out to be a lawyer in 2020. Final 12 months, she wrote about Ivan “Abner” Cantu’s loss of life row sentence.
“I heard about Ivan Cantu’s case from Sister Helen Prejean and was actually moved by it. In 2001, Ivan was convicted of killing his cousin, James Mosqueda, and his fiancée, Amy Kitchen,” she wrote by way of Facebook in January 2024. “Ivan has at all times maintained his innocence claiming that the rival drug supplier framed him for the murders. There was false testimony by the State’s star witnesses who later recanted their statements and proof withheld by the prosecution that may be extraordinarily impactful.”
She added on the time, “Even the jurors need to assist now and assist Ivan’s appeals, believing they didn’t hear all of the proof at trial. In April 2023, a choose canceled Ivan’s scheduled execution when the protection filed an attraction about false testimony and new proof. However later that 12 months the execution was rescheduled and he’s set to die on February 28, 2024.”
Kim Kardashian, esquire? The fact TV persona has been open about her journey to grow to be a lawyer after registering with the California State Bar to check regulation in 2018. Kardashian spoke publicly about her plans for the primary time in her April 2019 Vogue cowl story, explaining she blocked out 18 hours of supervised examine […]
Kardashian additional requested her social media followers to write down to the native “conviction integrity unit” in Texas to plead for a keep of execution.
“The prosecutor’s workplaces are starting to acknowledge that there are loads of errors in convictions,” the Kardashians star concluded. “They encourage you to write down into their integrity models about particular instances, so I’m encouraging everybody to write down in concerning the case of Ivan Cantu. The time to behave to save lots of Ivan Cantu is now!”
