By Andrew Dalton | Related Press
LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday gave a sweeping win to the Kardashian household in former actuality TV star Blac Chyna’s lawsuit towards them.
The Los Angeles jury discovered that not one of the members of the well-known household defamed Chyna, nor did any intervene together with her contract by convincing the E! community to cancel her actuality present “Rob & Chyna.”
The 4 Kardashian defendants attended almost the complete trial, however when the decision was learn all had been in New York on the Met Gala, the place this yr’s theme was “Gilded Glamour.”
Chyna was in court docket for the decision. She had no seen response.
After about 10 hours of deliberations, the jurors discovered on the lengthy jury kind that the Kardashians typically acted in unhealthy religion on the problems introduced up within the case, however that it had no substantial impact on Chyna’s contract or the destiny of the present, and he or she was awarded no damages.
Executives from the E! community, which aired the present, testified that “Rob & Chyna” ended as a result of the connection ended, not due to the defendants’ actions.
Jurors had been contemplating the defamation case towards Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, after a choose threw out the a part of the lawsuit towards Kim Kardashian in the course of deliberations.
All 4 of the ladies testified in the course of the nine-day trial.
The trial targeted largely on allegations that Chyna violently attacked her then-fiancé and actuality TV co-star Rob Kardashian on an evening and morning in December 2016. He testified that she twice held a gun to his head, wrapped a phone-charging twine round his neck and beat him with a steel rod. She testified that she had put the twine round his neck and held the gun playfully as the 2 celebrated the renewal of their actuality present, and when the celebration become a dispute, she was by no means violent towards him.
However the authorized questions the jury thought-about had been all in regards to the aftermath of that battle. Jurors needed to resolve whether or not every of the defendants knowingly lied in regards to the abuse after they talked about it with the producers and executives overseeing “Rob & Chyna,” or unfold phrase about it with reckless disregard for the reality. And so they needed to resolve for every defendant whether or not these communications had been an unlawful interference with Chyna’s contract to look on the present.
Jurors had been free to make it a cut up choice — discovering towards a number of the Kardashians however not others.
They gave the household a clear sweep as an alternative, and gave Chyna nothing.
The 5-year-old lawsuit overcame many obstacles — together with motions to dismiss and settlement talks between the 2 sides — and was a longshot to even get to trial.
However the remaining impediment, convincing a jury, proved an excessive amount of to beat.