Blac Chyna’s battle with the Kardashian-Jenners continued in courtroom on Tuesday, with the mannequin claiming they used their affect to cancel her short-lived E! sequence, “Rob & Chyna.”
The well-known household refuted these claims by way of their authorized workforce, nonetheless, alleging they have been making an attempt to guard Rob Kardashian from an abusive relationship.
Web page Six was contained in the Los Angeles Superior Court docket for the second day of trial, the place attorneys for each events offered their opening statements after 12 jurors – seven girls and 5 males – have been sworn in, together with 4 alternate jurors.
Chyna’s lawyer, Lynne Ciani, claimed that Khloé Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner not solely conspired to cancel “Rob & Chyna” after its first season, but additionally allegedly tried to cowl it up.
“Chyna needed to carry the ‘actual’ again into actuality TV and an actual relationship has its ups and downs,” Ciani argued. “Kris Jenner falsely instructed them [network executives and production] that Chyna beat the s–t out of Rob’s face and requested to take her off the present.”
Chyna is suing the household for greater than $40 million for lack of earnings and greater than $60 million in future earnings. She claims the Kardashian-Jenners used their media machine to defame her and interfered together with her contract for “Rob & Chyna.”
Ciani claimed the flashpoint occurred on Dec. 14, 2016, after Rob, 35, and Chyna, 33, obtained right into a heated argument at Kylie’s home, the place the former couple have been dwelling.
She mentioned the 2 have been initially celebrating information that their present obtained picked up for a second season, however alleged that the night time rapidly turned bitter when Rob went by way of Chyna’s cellphone and accused her of dishonest on him.
Whereas Chyna admitted to damaging a TV, two gingerbread homes and a door, her lawyer claims she didn’t assault Rob with a six-foot metallic pole, because the Kardashian-Jenner household alleges. Ciani alleged that unaired footage from “Rob & Chyna” will present proof that Rob by no means had any bruises or accidents to his face.
In the meantime, the Kardashian-Jenners’ lawyer, Michael Rhodes, argued in his opening assertion that Chyna grew to become violent with Rob when she allegedly pulled a gun on his head and positioned an iPhone twine round his neck on Dec. 14, 2016.
Rhodes alleged that the argument grew to become so heated that Kris’ boyfriend Corey Gamble went to the home that night time and needed to bodily break Rob and Chyna aside – which he’s keen to testify on.
Ciani claims that after that explosive argument occurred, Chyna left the home and the Kardashian-Jenners started their plan to sabotage “Rob & Chyna.”
Ciani claimed that Kris, 66, messaged E! Community and Bunim/Murray producers the next day, allegedly calling Chyna “silly” and “actually ghetto,” and suggesting they need to “ditch the bitch.”
Ciani additional alleged that Kris, Kim, Kylie and Khloé emailed community executives quite a few occasions to push the cancellation of Season 2. Chyna’s lawyer claimed Kylie, 24, even agreed to movie “Lifetime of Kylie” to exchange “Rob & Chyna.”
Rhodes fired again and mentioned his purchasers weren’t the masterminds behind the cancellation of the present. He claimed the community was nonetheless contemplating whether or not to resume the present in 2017 and paid Chyna a $100,000 “kill payment” and an extra $300,000 whereas they tried to determine if they might nonetheless salvage the present.
In the long run, Rhodes alleged that the community canceled the present as a result of Rob and Chyna’s relationship grew too poisonous, which was one thing the community didn’t need to air. The household additionally needed to guard Rob from additional abuse, Rhodes mentioned.
“[Chyna] mentioned we killed the present as a result of we’re dangerous folks … however take a look at what’s happening behind the digicam,” Rhodes mentioned to the jurors. “The household was on board with what was proposed … if they might work on their relationship. Nevertheless it couldn’t get mounted.”
Rhodes then confirmed the jurors varied texts from Chyna to Rob the place she allegedly referred to as him a “fats bitch” and instructed him “It’s over.”
“Chyna claimed she was punched and thrown to the bottom. The proof will present you that this relationship was fraught with issues,” he alleged.
“The community was nervous, however there have been others, too, who have been nervous … a mom, a sister, and aunt. The reality they have been nervous about got here true. It is a unhappy story as a result of look the place we are actually.”
