The mom of George Floyd’s daughter has filed a $250 million lawsuit in opposition to Kanye West for the false statements he made on the Drink Champs podcast.
Floyd’s household issued a cease-and-desist letter to Ye for his feedback concerning the person’s 2020 loss of life by the hands of Minneapolis police that sparked a worldwide motion in opposition to police brutality, in accordance with a information launch from Witherspoon Regulation Group and Dixon & Dixon Attorneys at Regulation and as reported by Click2Houston.
Dr. Andrew Baker, the chief health worker for Hennepin County, stated that whereas Floyd’s coronary heart situation and fentanyl possibly components in his loss of life, the first trigger was how Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee down on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as he saved telling officers “I can’t breathe.”
In a information launch that discusses the lawsuit filed, the mom of Gianna Floyd, attorneys stated Kanye made “false statements about George Floyd’s loss of life to advertise his manufacturers, and enhance advertising worth and income for himself, his enterprise companions, and associates.” It additionally alleges that the rapper acknowledged “malicious falsehoods” about Floyd with the intention to revenue from his loss of life and the household’s trauma.
As reported earlier, the total interview has since been faraway from the Drink Champs YouTube and Revolt TV.
