Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner just hit a legal pause after a judge shut down their attempt to keep details of their settlement with Ray J under wraps.
The ruling, handed down in Los Angeles Superior Court, makes it clear that sealing the 2023 agreement is not happening the way they planned. The court stated their motions were “denied, except as to a bank account number in certain exhibits,” leaving most of the documents open to public view.
Judge Steven A. Ellis said the issue is not “Kardashian engaging in sexual activities,” since that moment has already lived its life publicly. Instead, the focus sits squarely on whether the settlement itself should stay hidden.
Kardashian and Jenner argued that releasing the documents “would cause substantial harm to the [family’s] privacy interests,” but the court wasn’t moved. The ruling called their claims “too vague, speculative, amorphous, and unsupported,” and also noted they “have presented no admissible evidence” that disclosure would hurt them.
This legal push connects back to the long-running tension tied to the 2007 release of Kim Kardashian’s “Superstar,” the raunchy tape that helped launch a media empire but never stopped circling back.
Kim previously told the court, “Ray J’s claim that I had a plan with my mother and others to release a sex tape, defraud the public, and file a ‘fake’ lawsuit… is a lie.” Kris backed that up, calling those accusations “absolutely false” and “deeply offensive and harmful.”
So now, with the court refusing to seal the deal, the spotlight shifts back to what exactly is inside that agreement and why it mattered so much to keep it quiet.
