Kanye West Hit With $250m Lawsuit From George Floyd’s Family Over ‘Drink Champs’ Comments
Kanye West has been slapped with a lawsuit filed by George Floyd ‘s family after his controversial remarks regarding Floyd’s death in 2020 at the recent drinking Champs show. Based on The website click2houston.com, Roxie Washington filed the suit on behalf of Floyd’s daughter, the sole beneficiary of the estate. The suit seeks $225 million of punitive damages. “Kanye’s comments are a repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death,” lawyer Pat D. Dixon III stated. “[Kanye made] false statements about George Floyd’s death to promote his brands and increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners, and associates.” Kanye West has suggested the possibility that Floyd might have been killed by Fentanyl that was in his system instead of by the an infuriated Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin . “I have watched”the George Floyd documentary that Candace Owens posted. One of ...