Ray J Countersues Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner Over Sex Tape Drama

Ray J is fighting back against Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner. Us Weekly confirmed on Thursday, November 13, that Ray J, 44, filed a countersuit against Kardashian, 45, and Jenner, 70, claiming the pair’s October defamation lawsuit is “not about defamation,” but rather is about "publicity, power and punishment.” Ray J (full name William Ray Norwood Jr.) alleged in his filing that the mother-daughter duo have spent “two decades peddling the false story” that his and Kardashian’s 2003 sex tape was “leaked against her will.” According to Ray J, he and Kardashian “consensually” filmed themselves having sex while in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He alleged in the court documents obtained by Us that in 2006 he and Kardashian discussed publicly releasing the tape together. Ray J claimed that Kardashian “insisted” that Jenner “be in charge of the tape’s release and commercial exploitation” and “watched” the original and their second tape filmed in Santa Barbara, California, before they “collectively decided” to release the Cabo tape. The musician alleged that from the moment Kardashian and her family landed Keeping Up With the Kardashians, she and Jenner started “lying about their role in the tape’s release.” Ray J further claimed that Kardashian and Jenner are “furious” that he “no longer wants to play along with their tall tale.” He accused The Kardashians stars of filing their defamation lawsuit against him — in which the women claimed Ray J’s remarks about their family have led to “substantial and ongoing harm” to their reputations — to “feed their insatiable appetite for attention” and “exact retribution” on him. Kardashian and Jenner’s attorney Alex Spiro told Us in a statement, “After realizing he is losing the case and losing his way, this disjointed rambling distraction is not intimidating anyone. Ray J will lose this frivolous case too." In September, Ray J made headlines when he went viral for claiming during a X livestream that Kardashian and Jenner were involved in a federal criminal racketeering investigation. “The federal RICO I’m about to drop on Kris and Kim is about to be crazy,” Ray J alleged in the clip. “I’m talking about, I’m on the news every day. I’m gonna say a lot of s***. Anybody that is cool with Kim, they need to tell her now, the feds is coming. There’s nothing I can do about it.” Jenner and Kardashian proceeded to file a defamation lawsuit against Ray J in the wake of the accusations. In their October 1 filing, the pair claimed that Ray J is “unable to accept the end of his fleeting relationship with Ms. Kardashian over 20 years ago.” They claimed that Ray J has repeatedly exploited their infamous relationship over the years. “Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian have never brought a defamation claim before nor have they been distracted by noise — but this false and serious allegation left no choice,” Kardashian and Jenner’s attorney told Us at the time. Ray J, meanwhile, claimed in his countersuit that Kardashian and Jenner’s family has continually painted him in a bad light. He alleged that Jenner, Kardashian and her ex-husband, Kanye West, falsely accused him of sexually assaulting Kardashian during season 1 of their new reality show, The Kardashians, in 2021. He said he took legal action against the trio and the family’s production company and Kardashian agreed to pay him $6 million. Ray J claimed their settlement also barred the family from mentioning the sex tape on the show, which he alleged was violated during season 3 in 2023. Ray J is now seeking $1 million in damages from Kardashian and Jenner and paying his attorney fees.