Mother Of George Floyd’s Daughter To Su£ Kanye West For $250 Million

The mother of George Floyd’s daughter and their legal team has launched a $250 million legal battle against Kanye West following his contentious comments about George’s death.

West claimed that Floyd, who was murdered by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in May 2020, died after taking fentanyl and the police officers knee “wasn’t even on his neck like that”.

Now Floyd’s family have issued a cease-and desist letter to West, 45,  for the comments he made on the Drink Champs podcast, which has since been deleted.

Roxie Washington, the mother of Gianna Floyd, claims in the lawsuit that West made “false statements” about George to “promote his brands”.

The lawsuit also claims that he made the comments to “increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners, and associates.”

Civil rights activist and attorney Lee Merritt first hinted at a potential lawsuit on Sunday, despite conceding that it is impossibly to defame the dead.

Lawyers say that West used “malicious falsehoods” about Floyd to profit from his death and the families trauma.

Nuru Witherspoon, a partner at The Witherspoon Law Group who is representing the family, said in a statement: “The interests of the child are priority.

“George Floyd’s daughter is being traumatised by Kanye West’s comments and he’s creating an unsafe and unhealthy environment for her.”

The press release by the family’s legal team brand West’s comments as ‘repugnant‘, adding: “Some words have consequences and Mr West will be made to understand that.”

West made the wild claims during an appearance on Revolt TV’s Drink Champs podcast, and  made several other controversial statements in the latest of his outbursts.

He made the claim about Floyd’s death while giving a glowing review of the Candace Owens documentary The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM.

The rapper said:  “They hit [Floyd] with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that. 

“They said he screamed for his mama; mama was his girlfriend. It’s in the documentary.”

Floyd died because Chauvin had pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for nine-and-a-half minutes as he shouted “I can’t breathe.”

Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker said that while Floyd’s heart disease and use of fentanyl were contributing factors to his death, they were not the direct cause.