Kim Kardashian, November 2023.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
On Thursday, PEOPLE obtained a copy of the suit, in which the nonprofit foundation that represents Judd’s legacy claims Clements Design produced the furniture shown in Kardashian’s video tour.
“We deny that Ms. Kardashian has any liability in this matter, as we have previously explained to the Judd Foundation and its counsel,” Michael Rhodes, counsel for Kardashian, told PEOPLE.
“Contrary to what Kim Kardashian’s attorney now says, neither he nor other counsel representing Ms. Kardashian explained their position on this matter,” Megan Bannigan, an attorney for the Judd Foundation, told PEOPLE.
Kim Kardashian, March 2024.Lionel Hahn/Getty
Lionel Hahn/Getty
In the YouTube video, Kardashian claimed that the pieces were aLa Mansana Table 22andChair 84.
Only three authentic copies of the table have been sold in the last 15 years, and while over 350 chairs have been sold, the foundation says it stamps and numbers each one, per the outlet.
The lawsuit states that the mogul’s claims are misleading.
“Consumers are likely to believe Judd Foundation and the Donald Judd brand are connected or affiliated with, or otherwise sponsored or endorsed Ms. Kardashian,” court documents claimed.
Additionally, the company also claims original pieces would not have appeared in the video she shared online because the “Judd Foundation categorically prohibits customers from using purchased Donald Judd furniture for marketing and promotional purposes.”
“The furniture is integral to our financial stability,” Rainer said in apress release.
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After the Judd Foundation informed Kardashian’s team about their disapproval of the post, a spokesperson for the reality star offered to “update the video caption with a retraction," according to the lawsuit.
The foundation instead wanted the video deleted and could “not accept” Kardashian’s offer to change the caption “as doing so would allow fake Donald Judd furniture to remain in circulation and send a message to the general public that knockoff tables are not harmful,” the lawsuit reads.
Unable to come to an agreement, the issue resulted in the lawsuit at hand.
However, Clements Design claimed that they thought the issue was resolved because they had not heard from the Judd Foundation’s legal counsel “in over a year.”
Clements' lawyer also wrote in a letter to the foundation that it was “simply not true that Clements Design commissioned imitation Donald Judd tables,” reports theTimes. In the lawsuit, the Judd Foundation claimed that Clements' design proposals from 2020 described furniture “in the Style of Donald Judd.”
A rep for Kardashian did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
