Mother of George Floyd’s daughter reportedly to file $250M lawsuit against Kanye West for comments on his death

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The mother of George Floyd’s daughter plans to file a $250 million lawsuit against Kanye West over his recent statements about Floyd’s death.

The rapper, who now goes by Ye, reportedly falsely claimed on Drink Champs podcast that Floyd died from fentanyl, not as the result of police brutality.

Mother of George Floyd’s daughter intends to file lawsuit

“Kanye’s comments are a repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death,” attorney Pat D. Dixon III told Complex on Tuesday, adding that the goal with the lawsuit is to “hold Mr. West accountable” for his “flagrant remarks.”

The lawsuit will go after West’s “business partners” and “associates” as the comments caused “harassment, misappropriation, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress”, according to the release.

Roxie Washington, acting on behalf of her and Floyd’s only child, Gianna, retained the Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon & Dixon Attorneys at Law. They also sent a cease and desist to West.

What Kanye West said

On the podcast Drink Champs, Ye reportedly mentioned fentanyl and falsely claimed that Floyd didn’t die due to the actions of Minneapolis police. While a nonlethal amount of fentanyl was later found in Floyd’s system, the cause of death was formally determined to be homicide.

According to trial testimony, the medical examiner who performed Floyd’s autopsy, stood by his initial finding that his death was the result of “cardiopulmonary arrest” that occurred during “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”

Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in Floyd’s murder, which ignited nationwide protests against ongoing police brutality.

Drink Champs statement

The Drink Champs episode has since been removed from distribution. Co-host N.O.R.E. has also apologized for the episode and the handling of its release.

“I don’t support none of it,” N.O.R.E. said on The Breakfast Club. “I don’t support the George Floyd comments, I don’t support the antisemitic [comments]. That’s all I have is Jewish friends, all I have is Black friends. That’s it.”

In a statement released on Tuesday, a Drink Champs rep said the Ye episode had been removed due to “false and hurtful information” on Floyd’s murder.

“Drink Champs prides itself on its ability to allow a free flow of ideas within the hip hop community. That being said, unfortunately, the recent interview with Kanye West contained false and hurtful information regarding the circumstances surrounding the murder of George Floyd,” the rep said.

“Integrity is very important and we don’t want to promote false narratives on our platform. Our goal is to celebrate the culture. Therefore, we had no choice but to remove the episode from distribution. We apologize to the family of Mr. Floyd and anyone else hurt by this episode.”