October 19, (THEWILL) – Late George Floyd’s baby mama, Roxie Washington, has filed a lawsuit of $250m against Kanye West over his controversial comments about Floyd’s death in the hands of a Minnesota police officer.
West sparked new controversy by claiming that Floyd died from Fentanyl and that a police officer’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that.
Following his comment, civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who represented Floyd’s family, took to Twitter to suggest that the family may take legal action against West.
Floyd’s family has issued a cease-and-desist letter to West for the comments he made on the Drunk Champs podcast, which has now been taken down from YouTube and other platforms.
In the lawsuit filed by Roxie Washington, the mother of Gianna Floyd, lawyers said West 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.
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020.
The cop, Derek Michael Chauvin who knelt on Floyd, on July 7, 2022, was sentenced to 21 years in prison on the charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights.
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