Kim Kardashian is sued for defamation by a Morgan Stanley worker after she has wrongly identified him as a double murderer in the death cell.
The 44-year-old reality star shared a photo last February with her social media of a man who was identified as Ivan Cantu, 60, a project manager from Westchester.
She had apparently tried to increase the consciousness of the then prisoner in the death cell with the death cell with the death cell with the death cell, which was executed in the days after the post for a double murder.
Now, for the innocent Cantu, lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Kardashian for defamation and slander about the mix-up, saying that she also caused him serious emotional stress.
Cantu's lawyer Greg Sobo says in the suit that at the time of her message she had more than 350 million followers on her Instagram when she made the defamatory position on her story.
Defamation is classified as a false statement that damages a person's reputation, either in written terms, defamation or spoken, defamation.
Cantu's lawyers say that there are few worse ways to harm someone's reputation than to wrongly accuse them of killing two people.
The suit claims that Kardashian deliberately shared the position and was 'negligent, reckless and/or violated standards of ethics and decency'.
It is said that Cantu suffered under shame, fear, post -traumatic stress and counseling as a result of her actions.
Sobo spoke with DailyMail.com after submitting the case on Thursday, added that he also mourned a besides family member, which was strengthened.
Kardashian, to be seen here in April, made the mail to her social media page that Cantu identified as prisoner in the death cell
Cantu, seen here, has now brought a lawsuit that claims the post defeat and defamatory to its character, adding that it has left him emotionally sadly sad
Her post said: 'The state will perform Ivan Cantu in 2 days. Sign the petition to require Collin County da Greg Willis to withdraw the implementation date. '
This photo supplied by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows the death cell prisoner Ivan Cantu, who demanded his innocence for a long time
In addition to the text and link to the petition, she also shared an image of the wrong Ivan Cantu – who later had to post on Facebook in an attempt to calm the situation.
He said, “I am not executed to all my friends and family, an idiot who runs @kimkardashian used my photo of Ivan” Abner “Cantu.”
The suit says that the Post Cantu has exposed to 'hatred, contempt, spot and obloquy' because of his association with the double murder connected to the prisoner in Texas.
The post was 'defamation and false', added the suit and caused injury to both his reputation and profession.
When his lawyers are submitted, his lawyers also demanded a jury court and after compensatory damage.
Cantu had to post to his own social media after he was confused with the prisoner in the dead cell
In addition to the text and link to the petition, she also shared an image of Cantu that can be seen here
“Social media are too often abused to bully the innocent, to fuel damage and injure our communities,” said Cantu's lawyer Greg Sobo to Dailymail.com.
'Just as those who cause physical injury must be held responsible, those who cause injuries to innocent victims must also be held responsible through social media. If someone knew the power of social media, it is Mrs. Kim Kardashian. '
According to the LinkedIn profile of Cantu, he is a senior project manager for Oliver Agency at Morgan Stanley.
Kardashian's lawyer Michael Rhodes responded to the lawsuit that Dailymail.com told that the post was an error that was quickly removed.
He said: 'It was a simple mistake to use the public photo of another man with the same name to promote Kim's long -term dedication to the cause of the reform of criminal law.
'The image was deleted almost immediately as soon as the error was discovered. We prefer to solve this without lawsuits, but of course Kim will defend if necessary. '
Cantu has not specified how much he is looking for compensation. Forbes estimates that Kardashian's assets at $ 1.7 billion dollars, which means that he will probably find a considerable amount.
Kardashian has been passionate about criminal law and the law, because she has studied in recent years to become a lawyer, in the footsteps of her deceased father Robert Kardashian, who was a member of OJ Simpson's legal defense team in his murder process.
She played an important role in the prison release of Alice Marie Johnson 2018, after a grace of the then President Donald Trump.
Johnson was convicted in prison for a non -violent drug offense due to her conviction of 1996 in a drug trafficking ring.
Kardashian, together with President Trump, speaks during a second chance in recruitment and reform event for criminal law in the East Chamber of the White House in Washington, DC, 13 June 2019
She had apparently tried to increase the consciousness of the then prisoner of Texas' death cell, Ivan Cantu, who was executed in the days after the post for a double murder
Kardashian posted on her X profile after Cantu was executed for the death of his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend
Only a few days after the position, Ivan Cantu was executed by the authorities in Texas after he was put in the death cell for the death of his cousin James Mosqueda and the girlfriend Amy Kitchen of his cousin.
In the last words from the execution room, the 50-year-old prisoner said several times he was innocent.
“I want you to know that I never killed James and Amy,” he told family members and a friend of the kitchen who stood feet away from him while looking through a window.
“And if I did, if I knew who did, you would have been the first to know information.”
He said he wanted them to know he didn't think his death would bring you. If this is the case, if this is what is needed or has some reservations in mind, then it is. '
After his death, Kardashian posted X and said: “Ivan Cantu was executed. Someone I believe is an innocent man. My prayers go to his family and loved ones and everyone involved. '
Public Prosecutors had said that Cantu Mosqueda killed, who used illegal drugs and kitchen as he tried to steal cocaine, marijuana and cash of the house of his cousin North Dallas.
The prisoner, who was convicted in 2001, had long claimed that a rival drug dealer killed his cousin in a dispute about money.
