or rap singer Kanye West was sued by the American’s family George Floydkilled after the police Derek Chauvin choked him after kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes in May 2020. The value of the lawsuit is in 250 million dollars (from BRL 1.3 billion at the current exchange rate).
After the video of the murder spread around the world, through social media and broadcasters, there were reactions against police violence in the United States. All those involved in the crime were sentenced.
Kanye West refutes it Floyd was murdered, suggesting an overdose: “They hit him with fentanyl, if you look, the kid’s knee wasn’t even in his neck like that.”
According to lawyers hired by Gianna Floydmother of Giorgio il rap singer realized “false claims about George Floyd’s death to promote his brands and increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners and associates.”
Also in the document, the juridical body of the family Floyd declares it Kanye West acted with “malicious lies” to profit from George’s death.
Recently, Kanye West shocked the world by holding a parade Pariswith a shirt with the phrase White lives matter – the white lives count, in free translation, referring to the movement Black lives matter.
“Members of the Floyd family contacted me shocked by the reprehensible remarks Kanye is sharing about how George Floyd died.”he wrote Lee Merrittlawyer of the Floyd family, on his official Instagram profile. “They will continue to fight to preserve Floyd’s memory and our community will continue to support them.”
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