{"id":8594,"date":"2025-11-18T22:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kim-kardashian-tape-rolling-stones-megan-thee-stallion-music-law\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:31:19","slug":"kim-kardashian-tape-rolling-stones-megan-thee-stallion-music-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kim-kardashian-tape-rolling-stones-megan-thee-stallion-music-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Tape, Rolling Stones, Megan Thee Stallion: Music Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tTHE BIG STORY: <\/strong>Almost 20 years after Kim Kardashian burst into the national consciousness with a leaked sex tape, the male participant in the video says it wasn\u2019t actually leaked at all.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an explosive lawsuit filed last week, the R&B singer Ray J claimed the film was intentionally released by his then-girlfriend, Kardashian, and her mother, Kris Jenner, who have since spent nearly two decades \u201cpeddling the false story\u201d that it was leaked.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThat\u2019s not an entirely new claim; rumors have long swirled about the infamous tape that launched the billion-dollar Kardashian empire. But the family has always denied the claim, and there was no hard evidence or inside knowledge to argue otherwise.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow exactly did Ray J and Kardashian get to this point? And how do you sue someone over this? For the full backstory and the breakdown of the case, go read our story here.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019re reading The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from <\/em>Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday, go subscribe here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tOther top stories this week\u2026\t<\/h3>\n

\n\tGIMME DAMAGES<\/strong> \u2013 The company that owns the early Rolling Stones catalog filed a lawsuit against Behr Paint over an Instagram ad that allegedly featured \u201cPaint It, Black\u201d without a sync license.<\/p>\n

\n\tDAY IN COURT<\/strong> \u2013 Lil Nas X made his first court appearance since leaving an inpatient treatment program following his August arrest for attacking police officers during a late-night naked walk.<\/p>\n

\n\tCONVICTION AFFIRMED<\/strong> \u2013 An appeals court upheld the conviction of Tory Lanez for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, rejecting his arguments aimed at overturning his 10-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n

\n\tCONTEMPT OF COURT<\/strong> \u2013 Elsewhere in the Tory-Megan saga, a judge held Lanez in contempt for refusing to be deposed: \u201cWhatever the fines are, I\u2019ll pay them,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a millionaire. I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELEASE DATE<\/strong> \u2013 Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 projected release date was pushed back by a month, a move that came after media reports that he violated prison rules by drinking homemade alcohol.<\/p>\n

\n\tDOWNTOWN DISPUTE<\/strong> \u2013 Downtown Music faces a lawsuit claiming it threw licensing partner Blast Off Media under the bus as a \u201csacrifice\u201d to lessen regulatory scrutiny of its acquisition by UMG.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEATH THREATS?<\/strong> \u2013 Lil Durk\u2019s lawyers say they\u2019ve been \u201ckept in the dark\u201d about alleged death threats that were called in to a judge and the lead prosecutor in his murder-for-hire case.<\/p>\n

\n\tDRAKE SUED, AGAIN<\/strong> \u2013 A new lawsuit against Drake claims his music video ripped off the work of an Italian photographer \u2014 and, in a strange twist, that he did it as part of his feud with Kendrick Lamar.<\/p>\n

\n\tNO SEQUEL<\/strong> \u2013 Cardi B\u2019s lawyers scoffed at the idea of a second trial in Emani Ellis\u2019 failed assault case against the superstar, calling it \u201cabsurd\u201d after jurors easily rejected the allegations.<\/p>\n

\n\tCASE DROPPED <\/strong>\u2013 A$AP Relli is ending his civil lawsuit against A$AP Rocky over an alleged Hollywood shooting, months after Rocky was acquitted on such accusations at a criminal trial.<\/p>\n

\n\tFREE, FOR NOW <\/strong>\u2013 Music executive \u00c1ngel Del Villar<\/strong> will remain a free man while he appeals his convictions for doing business with Mexican drug cartels and the resulting four-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n

\n\tBITTER BREAKUP<\/strong> \u2013 There\u2019s a new front in the nasty legal war between hip-hop producer Madlib and his longtime manager Eothen \u201cEgon\u201d Alapatt<\/strong>: The copyrights to their songs.<\/p>\n

\n\tMORE ALLEGATIONS <\/strong>\u2013 After Calvin Harris\u2019 bombshell fraud lawsuit against business manager Thomas St. John<\/strong>, fellow star DJ Eric Prydz has now filed his own case claiming the manager stole $269,000.<\/p>\n

\n\tLOCK HIM UP<\/strong> \u2013 Prosecutors want Tekashi 6ix9ine sent back to prison over multiple violations of his supervised release, including assaulting someone who taunted him as a snitch.<\/p>\n

\n\tLIBEL LAWSUIT <\/strong>\u2013 Biggie\u2019s son filed a defamation case against a Florida music producer who accused him \u2014 he says falsely \u2014 of participating in one of Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 sexual assaults.<\/p>\n


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