Why George Floyd’s Family’s Filing $250M Lawsuit Against Kanye West: Exclusive Lawyer Interview

Kanye West, 45, is being sued for $250 million by the household of George Floyd, whose decease astatine the hands of constabulary officers successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, successful May 2020, sparked the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement. On an Oct. 17 occurrence of the Drink Champs podcast, Kanye said that serviceman Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of execution aft a videotape surfaced that showed him holding his genu implicit George’s cervix for much than 9 minutes, was not really liable for the death. “They deed him with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy’s genu wasn’t adjacent connected his cervix similar that,” Kanye claimed successful the podcast, which has since been removed from the air. Several days later, George’s ex, Roxie Washington, 40, lawyered up connected behalf of George’s 8-year-old daughter, Gianna, to conflict it retired successful tribunal with Kanye implicit his unacceptable remarks. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY to the lawyer representing the Floyd family, who told america successful a lengthy interrogation that the household was “hurt, confused, and angry” aft proceeding Kanye’s mendacious claims.

George Floyd’s member Philonise Floyd (2nd from Right) and George Floyd’s girl Gianna Floyd (Right) ticker arsenic President Joe Biden signs a historical Executive Order to beforehand effective, accountable policing and fortify nationalist information during an lawsuit held successful the East Room of The White House successful Washington, DC, connected May 25, 2022. (Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock)

“The lawsuit is expected to beryllium filed successful the adjacent mates of weeks. We are inactive interviewing imaginable defendants and privation to get each of that tucked successful earlier we file,” said lawyer Kay Harper Williams with Witherspoon Law Group — the steadfast that is representing the Floyd family. When asked by HollywoodLife if determination is thing that Kanye could bash to origin them to retreat the suit, they said, “That would beryllium a small excessively precocious for that. The harm has already been done to my client. An apology, based connected Mr. West’s commentary connected Mr. Floyd’s property and connected Mr. Floyd himself, would apt not consciousness genuine due to the fact that his behaviour has not changed,” the lawyer told us. Find retired what other they had to accidental astir this impending lawsuit, including wherefore they chose the fig that they did.

George Floyd’s youngest daughter, Gianna, was “traumatized” by Kanye West’s remarks, which falsely claimed that her begetter died from a fentanyl overdose. (Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock)

HollywoodLife: Is determination thing that would origin you NOT to record the lawsuit?

Kay Harper Williams: I can’t ideate that determination is simply a crushed that would intervene successful america filing the lawsuit.

HollywoodLife: What if Kanye apologized?

Kay Harper Williams: I americium atrocious but Gianna is not going to disregard this. He indispensable recognize that determination are consequences to his words, and we are present to marque him larn that lesson.

HollywoodLife: How did the household consciousness erstwhile they archetypal saw the podcast?

Kay Harper Williams: The household was hurt, confused, and angry. Like galore people. It is much hurtful to the household and they are offended. A big of emotions flood successful erstwhile you perceive thing similar that. Mr. Floyd’s origin of decease has been proven successful 2 courts of law. The statements from Kanye West are false, baseless, and designed to payment him financially. You indispensable look astatine this from everything that is going connected close now, including his White Lives Matter shirts, arsenic good arsenic his imaginable acquisition of Parler, the blimpish societal media platform. When you look astatine this from the lens of each of that, you indispensable recognize that this was apt calculated, and it serves a fiscal payment to Mr. West.

HollywoodLife: Why did Kanye’s claims that it was an overdose of fentanyl fuss the household truthful much?

Kay Harper Williams:  George Floyd was murdered. Anyone who had the aforesaid unit applied to their cervix that Mr. Floyd did would person passed away. Two courts, experts, and aesculapian examiners each testified. It is wholly baseless and vile. We are present to marque definite that does not continue.

HollywoodLife: Has Kanye responded?

Kay Harper Williams: We sent the cease and desist missive to an lawyer for Kanye West, who has said that helium is not representing him successful this matter. We person not heard from Kanye West, oregon his camp, astatine this point.

HollywoodLife: Has Kanye removed immoderate of the integer media that exists, including the podcast?

Kay Harper Williams: How could you region thing successful the beingness erstwhile it is retired there? It exists successful this virtual world. It’s been shared truthful galore times and viewed by millions of people.

HollywoodLife: Why did the household take $250 million?

Kay Harper Williams: If idiosyncratic that you emotion had their beingness taken successful that mode and you watched it, it is incredibly traumatizing. In this satellite with these billion-dollar corporations, the lone happening that gets their attraction is erstwhile you deed them successful their pockets. All the marching and activistic that radical bash is important, but things alteration erstwhile they cost. Mr. West and his partners made a prime to retraumatize George Floyd’s family.

HollywoodLife: What are the adjacent steps?

Kay Harper Williams: We simply indispensable bash our owed diligence and marque definite that we person included each the liable parties and that we are doing everything that we indispensable bash to support our client. We are present for Gianna. We are present for the culture. We are present for George Floyd’s bequest and his estate.