Ray J has launched a legal fight against Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, accusing the mother-daughter duo of orchestrating the release of an infamous 2003 intimate recording with the reality star.
The R&B artist filed a countersuit on Thursday in response to the defamation case the Kardashian family launched against him last month. His legal team, led by attorney Howard King, has presented a radically different narrative about the controversial footage that helped build Kardashian’s empire.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the “One Wish” singer claims that he and Kardashian “consensually made a sex tape in 2003 and then discussed releasing the tape in 2006, and he said Kim insisted that Kris be responsible for the distribution and commercial development of the video.”
The lawsuit directly challenges two decades of public statements from the Kardashian camp. Ray J claims Kim and Kris “spent two decades peddling the false story that the sex tape…was leaked against her will.”
The entertainer claimed the reality TV mogul was “furious” because he “didn’t want to listen to their ridiculous stories anymore”.
Alex Spiro, Kardashian’s legal representative, dismissed the countersuit, telling TMZ, “This disjointed distraction is not going to scare anyone after they realize they are losing the case and are disoriented. Ray J is going to lose this frivolous case too.”
The legal battle intensifies after Ray J. made controversial statements about a potential federal investigation.
In TMZ’s Tubi documentary “The United States vs. Sean Combs,” he said racketeering charges were more appropriate against the Kardashians than against Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying, “If you told me the Kardashians were being charged with racketeering, I probably would have believed it.”
Ray J’s filing reveals more explosive allegations about previous settlements.
On the “Kardashians” TV show, Kim, Kris and Ye falsely accused him of sexually assaulting Kim while she slept and engaged in retaliation and blackmail, the documents said.
The singer claimed that this resulted in a $6 million settlement in which “King agreed to pay him $6 million” and that both parties agreed to stop publicly discussing the intimate recordings. However, Ray J claims the Kardashians almost immediately violated that agreement.
According to the lawsuit, the settlement “required that no further mention or public reference be made to the ‘Kardashians’ sex tape, but he said that almost immediately after the agreement was executed, Kim, Kris, Ye and Kendall Jenner all made statements that violated the agreement.”
Ray J is now seeking $1 million in damages under the terms of the so-called settlement.
The countersuit frames the Kardashian family’s defamation case as a strategic lawsuit rather than a genuine legal grievance.
Ray J claims that their lawsuit “is not really about defamation… but about publicity, power, and punishment.” He claims they “file baseless lawsuits, weaponize the justice system, evade contractual obligations, and sacrifice on the altar of reputation.”
The legal filing also involves Ray J’s controversial live comments in September 2025, in which he said, “The FBI is about to open an investigation because I can’t be that dirty guy anymore.” The singer claimed that he believed his microphone was off when he made this statement.
This latest development marks a significant escalation in the ongoing dispute between Ray J and the Kardashian family, with both parties now taking separate legal action over the same underlying dispute that has raged for more than two decades.
