Kanye «Ye» West's appearance on a recent episode of Revolt TV's , the family of George Floyd announced their intention to file a lawsuit against the rapper, his business partners, and associates for «harassment, misappropriation, defamation and infliction of emotional distress.» The suit is seeking $250 million in damages.In a statement released on Tuesday, it was revealed that Roxie Washington, acting on behalf of her minor child — who serves as the sole beneficiary of Floyd's estate — has retained the Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon & Dixon Attorneys at Law to file the suit.
The attorneys for Floyd's family have already issued a cease-and-desist letter to West after he made false claims about Floyd’s death on the podcast hosted by N.O.R.E.
and DJ EFN.West falsely claimed that Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose, and not from former officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck.
While a nonlethal amount of fentanyl was found in Floyd's system, medical examiner Dr. Andrew Baker testified that the cause of death was formally determined to be the compression and restraining of his body by officers.
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