Blac Chyna’s $100 Million Defamation Trial Underway as Kardashians Are Taken to Court Over E! Series
variety.comElizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentThe Kardashians appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday for Blac Chyna’s long-awaited trial against the famous family, which continues to set off fireworks with day two of jury selection, even before opening arguments have began.Blac Chyna, a model and influencer whose real name is Angela White, was previously engaged to Rob Kardashian with whom she shares a 5-year-old daughter.
The pair starred in their own E! reality show together, “Rob & Chyna,” which aired for one season in 2016. The second season was being shot when the two broke up, but was scrapped and never made it to air.Chyna is suing the family for $100 million, claiming that they ruined her reality TV career.
The case revolves around Chyna’s 2017 lawsuit, which alleges that her ex-fiancé, Rob, was abusive and that the Kardashian-Jenners were responsible for the cancellation of the former couple’s short-lived show.
Chyna sued the entire family — Rob Kardashian, his mother Kris Jenner and his sisters Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner — over claims of defamation, assault, battery, domestic violence and interference with prospective economic relations.
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