Overview
- Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Small granted Kardashian’s anti‑SLAPP motion, dismissing the case with the option for the plaintiff to appeal.
- The plaintiff is a New York man named Ivan Cantu who was mistakenly identified in a February 2024 post as a Texas death row inmate of the same name.
- The judge concluded the plaintiff failed to show he suffered injury from the briefly posted image after an October 14 hearing and a ruling issued Wednesday.
- Kardashian told the court the wrong photo was online for only a few hours, was removed promptly, and was followed by a public apology that same day.
- Attorneys for both sides did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.