He says Kim Kardashian ruined his life with one Instagram post. Now he owes her six figures

"With his execution date nearing in early 2024, Kardashian posted on Instagram and Facebook to raise awareness about Ivan Cantu, who was convicted of killing his cousin and his cousin's fiancée. The image she posted unfortunately featured a different Ivan Cantu - one very much not behind bars and living in Westchester, New York. Her social media team had mistakenly identified that Cantu, who worked as a project manager, and pulled his headshot from LinkedIn."

"Kardashian's team corrected the social media flub quickly, but because the reality TV star turned criminal justice advocate is one of the world's most-followed social media figures, the damage was done. At least, that's what Cantu's legal team argued when the Cantu not on death row sued the celebrity the following year."

"In a civil complaint filed in L.A., Cantu argued that the incident exposed him to online hate, ridicule, and contempt. "Kardashian published and disseminated false information about Cantu that was clearly untrue, erroneous, unfounded, shocking, scandalous, degrading, disgraceful, and/or shameful," the complaint stated."

"The New York Cantu said that having one of the world's most famous people link his likeness to a murder case caused emotional distress and damaged his reputation. Cantu sued for defamation through libel, defamation through slander, false light, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent infliction of emotional distress, and misappropriation of likeness."

Kim Kardashian posted a photo intended to raise questions about a Texas death row inmate’s conviction, but the image showed a different Ivan Cantu living in Westchester, New York. Her team mistakenly identified the wrong person and pulled a headshot from LinkedIn. The correction came quickly, but the living Cantu argued that the error caused online hate, ridicule, emotional distress, and reputational harm. He sued Kardashian for multiple claims including defamation, false light, invasion of privacy, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, and misappropriation of likeness. After the lawsuit was thrown out, a judge ruled that the living Cantu owed Kardashian more than $167,000 in legal fees.

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