George Floyd’s family sues Kanye West for $250M after rapper disputes cause of death

Rapper Kanye West faces a $250-million lawsuit from the family of George Floyd, who was killed in 2020. According to a news release obtained by The Times on Tuesday, Roxie Washington, the mother of Floyd’s daughter, will sue Kanye West for “harassment, misappropriation, defamation” and “infliction of emotional distress.” Click 2 Houston first reported the news. If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that.” West’s comments came after he attended the premiere of Owens’ Daily Wire documentary, “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM.” “Kanye West stated malicious falsehoods about George Floyd to profit from Mr. Floyd’s horrendous death and his family’s trauma,” the news release alleged. Additionally, the attorneys for Floyd’s loved ones claimed that “Floyd’s daughter is being retraumatized by Kanye West’s comments and he’s creating an unsafe and unhealthy environment for her.” “Kanye’s comments are a repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death. “Claiming Floyd died from fentanyl not the brutality established criminally and civilly undermines & diminishes the Floyd family’s fight.” The rapper made the controversial comments about Floyd’s death nearly two years after he allegedly offered financial support to Floyd’s daughter.