Kim Kardashian testifies, causes stir in Blac Chyna defamation trial

Kim Kardashian testified in a civil trial where Blac Chyna alleges several Kardashian family members defamed her and convinced producers to cancel spinoff show, 'Rob & Chyna.'

Kim Kardashian testified in court Tuesday she had no memory of making any attempt to kill the reality show that starred her brother Rob Kardashian and his then-fiancée Blac Chyna. She did, however, acknowledge demanding that Chyna (real name: Angela Renée White) be kept off of Keeping Up With the Kardashians after hearing White had abused her brother.

“I will not go into a toxic work environment,” Kardashian, 41, said of her refusal to work with White. “On my own show, I have the power to do that.”

Kardashian took the stand for an hour in a Los Angeles courtroom in a civil trial in which White alleges that Kardashian and three other members of her family defamed her and convinced producers and the E! network to cancel the spinoff show, Rob & Chyna. White is suing for US$100 million in damages.

Her testimony was mostly unremarkable — she spent much of it saying “I don’t remember” — but as the biggest star by far to testify in a trial full of stars, she caused a stir when she walked from the gallery to the witness stand wearing a dark grey pinstriped suit with white sneakers.

White’s lawyer Lynne Ciani showed Kardashian a series of text messages from late 2016 and early 2017 with Kardashian’s name attached.

In every case, Kardashian said she had no memory of sending them, though she didn’t deny their likely legitimacy.

“I don’t remember text messages that I sent this morning,” Kardashian said.

In response to viewing one text exchange, a long conversation with a producer from production company Bunim Murray, which produced both shows, Kardashian acknowledged “this definitely sounds like something I would say.”