BLAC Chyna’s revenge porn trial with Rob Kardashian will go ahead next week after a judge refused to enforce an alleged settlement the star claimed she agreed to, The Sun can reveal.
The 34-year-old influencer is going after the Keeping Up With The Kardashians alum in court for sharing graphic images of her online back in 2017 during their tumultuous relationship.
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He also accused the mother of his daughter Dream, five, of cheating on him during online rants and alleged she was using drugs and abusing alcohol at the time, which she denied.
Earlier this month, Rob’s lawyers filed a motion claiming they had reached a settlement agreement ahead of the trial on June 20 but she was trying to back out.
During a hearing on Thursday morning, Judge Gregory W. Alarcon heard from both Chyna’s lawyer Lynne Ciani and Rob’s counsel – attorneys Todd Eagan and Melissa Lerner.
Both Rob, 35, and Chyna were not in attendance at the hearing.
Chyna’s attorney insisted they were still in settlement discussions regarding two draft agreements and that she never signed off on anything.
The first scenario was that the reality star dad would help his ex get out of another lawsuit against her at no cost to Chyna if she dropped the revenge porn case completely.
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As noted by TMZ, an ex of the Instagram model’s – Pilot Jones – is suing her and Rob, alleging that they outed him as gay and exposed him to public threats.
Eagan argued they came to an agreement on May 23 via email with Ciani and the attorney even managed to get signed confirmation she would be removed from the suit from Jones’ counsel.
Ciani argued this still resulted in “zero credit” and was discussing a second scenario including a settlement amount to drop the case when Rob’s counsel filed their motion to enforce the first option.
Eagan alleged it was a “classic bait and switch” situation, adding: “That’s what happened here, it’s a game,” insisting it was in writing and under California lawful it was legally binding.
He claimed Chyna’s counsel were now asking: “I want hundreds of thousands of dollars, what are you going to do?”
Ciani insisted: “They wanted a lower amount, we wanted a higher amount,” adding that if they had agreed on a settlement figure they would not be before a judge.
After reviewing the emails between both parties and hearing the arguments, Judge Alarcon ruled the alleged first settlement could not be enforced, as Ciani said they wanted to go ahead to trial.
FEARS FOR DAUGHTER
Eagan told the court Rob was keen to settle and proposed them going before a settlement judge to hash out the terms, saying: “He doesn’t want in five/ten years his daughter to read about a fight between his parents that is going to involve sexually explicit images.”
Ciani responded: “She wants her daughter to know it’s not okay to have nude photos posed against your will, no matter who that is [who posted them].”
She said revenge porn was serious and a crime, and although Rob was not being criminally prosecuted they had put years into the civil case for a reason.
Asked again if she was willing to go before a settlement judge, Ciani said: “That ship has sailed, we are ready to go on Monday,” as they went on to discuss trial issues.
Ciani asked for the explicit images to only be shown to the judge, counsel, jury and court staff, and for the TV monitors not to be directed at the public gallery.
It’s not unlikely they could reach a settlement agreement before Monday, but presently the trial is going ahead and Rob would be set to take to the stand.
This is the second court battle between the star – and his family – against the former adult dancer after Chyna lost her $100million case with Rob’s sisters and mom, Kris Jenner, in May.
Chyna accused his family of contract interference after their show Rob & Chyna was canceled after one season on E!, along with defamation for saying she beat Rob.
He took to the stand for emotional testimony claiming she was often abusive during their rocky relationship and during one blow-out fight put a gun to his head, which she denied.
Since losing her case and being awarded zero damages by a jury, she has been desperately trying to raise money for legal fees as her attorney insists she will appeal.
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