Mother of George Floyd’s Daughter Files $250M Lawsuit Against Kanye ‘Ye’ West Over False Comments About Floyd’s Death

The family of George Floyd is preparing to sue Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, for $250 million over his recent false statements about Floyd’s death.

Roxie Washington, the mother of Floyd’s daughter Gianna, plans to file the suit on behalf of the child, who is a minor, according to a news release from Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon & Dixon Attorneys at Law. They are accusing West, his business partners, and associates of harassment, misappropriation, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress.

The news release also states Floyd’s family issued a cease-and-desist letter to West over his comments on Drink Champs.

During the interview that aired over the weekend and has now been removed from YouTube, the rapper and business mogul falsely claimed that Floyd wasn’t murdered by former officer Derek Chauvin but that he died of fentanyl, echoing claims made in Candace Owens’ “documentary” The Greatest Lie Ever Sold.

“They hit (Floyd) with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that,” Ye said of Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering Floyd. “They said he screamed for his mama; mama was his girlfriend. It’s in the documentary,” Ye continued.

During Chauvin’s trial, Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker said during his testimony that Floyd’s death was the result of “cardiopulmonary arrest” that occurred during “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.” And though 11 nanograms per milliliter of fentanyl were found in his blood, it was not enough to be considered fatal.

The news release announcing the plans to sue also accuses West of knowingly making “false statements about George Floyd’s death to promote his brands, and increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners, and associates.”

“The interests of the child are priority,” said Nuru Witherspoon of the Witherspoon Law Group. “George Floyd’s daughter is being retraumatized by Kanye West’s comments and he’s creating an unsafe and unhealthy environment for her.”

“Kanye’s comments are repugnant to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death. We will hold Mr. West accountable for his flagrant remarks against Mr. Floyd’s legacy,” added another attorney, Pat D. Dixon, III, of Dixon & Dixon.