Although Kim Kardashian says that her team’s use of a photo of the wrong man, with the same name, when posting a commentary about an inmate awaiting execution in Texas in early 2024 was an accident, the man whose image was shown says in new court papers that friends and strangers actually thought he was about to be put to death.

Kardashian’s attorneys have filed an anti-SLAPP motion brought in opposition to plaintiff Ivan Cantu’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit. Originally filed Feb. 20 to allege defamation, false light invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence, the suit was amended May 28 to add a claim for misappropriation of likeness.

“In the days following the post, I received several online messages from strangers who believed that I was goi

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