Jurors deliberating Blac Chyna’s defamation go well with towards the Kardashian-Jenner household didn’t come again with a verdict on Friday and should return subsequent week.
The 12-member jury began deliberating at a Downtown Los Angeles courthouse at 9:30 a.m. Friday, however by the top of the courtroom day at 4:30 p.m., they nonetheless didn’t attain a verdict.
They are going to be again on Monday, nonetheless, its unclear if Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner shall be in courtroom Monday because it’s the identical day because the 2022 Met Gala.
The Kardashian-Jenners’ legal professional, Michael Rhodes, informed The Submit he believed his shoppers are nonetheless attending the Gala in New York Metropolis on Monday.
“They don’t should be right here, however I shall be,” Rhodes stated as he walked out of the courtroom Friday afternoon. Kim, Khloé, Kylie and Kris, who all testified this week, weren’t contained in the courtroom on Friday and neither was Chyna.
Chyna, 33, sued the members of the family for $40 million for lack of earnings and greater than $60 million in future earnings, claiming the well-known household used their affect to cancel the second season of her present, “Rob & Chyna,” which they’ve denied.
The mannequin additionally claimed the household went on a marketing campaign to tarnish her status and pushed community executives to tug the plug on the present after she had a blowout struggle with Rob Kardashian, 35, on Dec. 15, 2016.
Earlier than they went into deliberation, Decide Gregory Alarcon informed jurors that they have to give every defendant a “separate consideration” concerning Chyna’s defamation and contract interference claims.
Kim, nonetheless, gained a serious victory on Friday when the decide dominated there was not sufficient proof that the Skims creator defamed Chyna.
The decide additionally informed jurors they might contemplate that Chyna may need intentionally hid her funds as a result of she failed to supply any monetary statements, tax returns and different paperwork pertaining to her earnings or bills regardless of being given nearly six years to file these paperwork.
Since it is a civil case, 9 out of the 12 jurors should agree that Chyna proved her two claims of defamation and interference of her contract.
