Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner are suing Ray J for defamation.
In a new 13-page lawsuit filed Wednesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, the duo claim that the R&B singer who dated Kim more than 20 years ago – and appeared in a notorious sex tape with the shapewear mogul – “fabricated” claims that the women are the subjects of a federal racketeering investigation because he sought to harass and disparage the pair while simultaneously “reviving his own fading notoriety.”
“Unable to accept the end of his fleeting relationship with Ms. Kardashian over 20 years ago, Ray J has repeatedly sought to attach himself to plaintiffs’ names and exploit their prominence for personal gain,” the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court reads. “Ray J’s defamatory statements about plaintiffs are part of a broader campaign of harassment designed to generate publicity for his flailing career and satisfy his acknowledged animosity toward the Kardashian family.”
Kardashian and Jenner, represented by high-powered lawyers Alex Spiro and Michael Lifrak, claim in the complaint that Ray J’s alleged pattern of “antagonistic behavior” traces back to his 2013 song,“I Hit It First.” The song “was widely understood as a disparaging reference to Ms. Kardashian,” the lawsuit says. “Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian have never brought a defamation claim before nor have they been distracted by noise,” Spiro says in a statement, “but this false and serious allegation left no choice.”
The women say Ray J, born William Ray Norwood Jr., started his latest “campaign” of alleged defamation when he stated in a May 30, 2025, interview with TMZ that the mom and daughter would be appropriate targets for federal criminal racketeering charges. “If you told me that the Kardashians was being charged for racketeering, I might believe it,” Norwood said in the Fox/Tubi special TMZ Presents: United States v. Sean Combs, the lawsuit reads. (Neither Norwood nor his manager immediately replied to requests for comment.)
On Sept. 24, 2025, Norwood “escalated his attacks” during a follow-up livestream, declaring, “The federal RICO I’m about to drop on Kris and Kim is about to be crazy.” He also purportedly said, “The feds is coming, there’s nothing I can do about it,” and, “It’s worse than Diddy. It’s worse than Diddy.”
“Ray J provided no evidence whatsoever for these explosive accusations,” the new lawsuit reads. “Ray J’s public statements are blatantly false. No such federal investigation exists; no law enforcement agency has initiated any criminal proceedings or investigations related to racketeering charges against Ms. Kardashian or Ms. Jenner; and no credible evidence whatsoever supports these inflammatory allegations.” In addition to defamation, the filing also includes a second cause of action for “false light publicity.”
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“Ray J’s defamatory statements were not careless exaggerations but calculated falsehoods – part of a decades-long effort to trade on plaintiffs’ reputations, undermine their businesses, and inflict emotional and reputational harm,” the complaint reads. “Ray J’s conduct represents an egregious abuse of social media and public platforms to weaponize lies about nonexistent criminal investigations while fully aware that such allegations, even when baseless, carry the power to damage plaintiffs’ livelihoods and hard-earned reputations.”
The lawsuit is seeking actual and punitive damages to be determined at a jury trial.
From Rolling Stone US
