S. Samuel
Celebrity couple Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have reportedly lived up to the speculation and gossip by deciding to take legal action against the person responsible for leaking their proposal footage last week.
According to reports, KimYe are going after the neck of YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.
In the lawsuit … obtained by TMZ … their lawyer, Eric George, trashes Chad Hurley, the guy who co-founded YouTube and sold it to Google for $1.65 billion. Kim and Kanye claim Hurley is the one who schemed to post the video on his new Internet venture, MixBit. K & K go for the jugular, saying Hurley was desperate to find a “second act,” after 2 flops following his YouTube sale. In the lawsuit, Kim and Kanye claim Hurley wasn’t even invited to AT&T Park in San Fran but manipulated his way in. Kim and Kanye say they let him stay, but only after he signed a confidentiality agreement. And get this … they even got him to take a pic holding the signed confidentiality agreement, which is attached to the lawsuit. (TMZ)
Although its unclear how much the celebrity couple want, speculation suggests Hurley may have a hefty suit on his hands.
The couple say, “Hurley proceeded to try to turn the event into one starring himself, broadcasting the images he knew were the exclusive property rights of someone else.” Specifically, Kim and Kanye say he posted Kanye’s engagement proposal on MixBit and tweeted it to nearly a million followers. He then had the audacity to issue a press release, touting his video trophy. Kim and Kanye are suing for unspecified damages … including punitives. Even though Kim and Kanye don’t say how much the video was worth, they mention it was destined for MC Cable Television, which is an arm of Bunim/Murray and E!, which produces and broadcasts “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” (TMZ)
One of the engagement night guests, filmmaker Joe Francis, admitted last week that Mr. West went to extremes to keep the proposal under wraps.
Kanye West planned his surprise marriage proposal like it was a spy-op, complete with cover stories and fake Instagramming — and Kim Kardashian was even blindfolded for maximum drama, attendee Joe Francis told the Daily News. “It was absolutely like a military operation. The ruse was so great, a real class act,” the “Girls Gone Wild” founder said Tuesday. “She was so shocked and so happy … everybody got choked up.” Francis and Kardashian have been friends for years, and he said all the guests were contacted three or four days in advance and sold the story that they were flying up to San Francisco for her surprise 33rd birthday party. (New York Daily News)
Francis also said the guests even had to hide before Ye popped the question.
Francis said Kim’s sisters, Khloe and Kourtney, went the extra mile to cover their tracks. “I think Kim thought her sisters were abandoning her on her birthday. They said they were at a spa in Arizona, and they were fake Instagraming,” he said. “Kim really believed everyone was where they said they were. Her face was just absolute shock when we all came out running.” According to Francis, about 50 guests hid in two dugouts as Kim and Kanye drove onto the field at AT&T Park. (New York Daily News)
Despite having a few notable high-profile girlfriends in the past, Mr. West pointed out why he connected with Kim K more than any other previous lover a few days ago.
“I have never loved any girl other than my mother as much as I love my girlfriend and I’m so happy to be with her, for us to live this life together. And with our relationship with God to be able to live forever in heaven together, too. And also to raise a family, a strong family,” Kanye explained in an interview. “She’s been spending her whole check on clothes since she was 16, just like me. And that’s the reason why both of us are the most influential — I think me and my girl are extremely influential greatly due to the paparazzi.” (106 KMEL)
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