Kylie Jenner testified Monday that she expressed issues to her brother Rob Kardashian about his new girlfriend and soon-to-be actuality TV co-star, Blac Chyna, as a result of Jenner had heard Chyna had an inclination to abuse medicine and alcohol and change into violent and had gotten a doable glimpse of it herself.
“I felt it was my obligation to specific my issues, however in the end it was as much as him,” Jenner, now 24 and an adolescent on the time, mentioned from the witness stand at a Los Angeles trial. She mentioned her brother didn’t heed her warnings and continued with the connection.
Chyna is suing Jenner and three different members of the Kardashian household, alleging they defamed her as violent and compelled the cancellation of her actuality present, “Rob & Chyna,” after one quick season.
Each Chyna and Jenner had earlier relationships with the rapper Tyga, and Chyna had a toddler with him. Jenner mentioned Tyga instructed her darkish tales of his time with Chyna and confirmed her a 6-inch knife scar he mentioned she gave him whereas abusing medicine and alcohol, Jenner mentioned.
Jenner mentioned that whereas courting Tyga, she had acquired at the very least one threatening textual content message from Chyna.
“From what I keep in mind she despatched me a bunch of satan emojis, and mentioned one thing like ’counting down the times’ till she may beat me or one thing,” she mentioned. “I didn’t report it, as a result of I assumed they had been empty threats.”
Jenner testified that when Rob Kardashian and Chyna started courting in January 2016, she didn’t belief that Chyna’s love was real.
“I felt like me courting the daddy of her youngster had one thing to do with it, and possibly she was out with my brother for different causes.”
Nonetheless, she mentioned, she was cautiously optimistic after the couple introduced in April 2016 that they had been getting engaged, and mentioned in Could that they had been having a child collectively.
“I used to be blissful for my brother on the time,” Jenner mentioned, “however simply curious how it will go.”
“Rob & Chyna” premiered in September, 2016; the couple had a daughter, Dream, in November; and in December they had an all-night celebration of their present being permitted for a second season that became a bitter battle.
That dispute, and the way violent it may need change into, was on the middle of testimony from each Chyna and from Jenner’s mom, Kris Jenner. Chyna mentioned she was being playful when she wrapped a phone-charging wire round her fiancé's neck and grabbed his gun. Kris Jenner, who didn't witness the battle, testified via tears that she felt that Chyna had tried to “homicide” her son.
Kylie Jenner, in whose residence the 2 had been residing, testified that within the aftermath of the battle, she noticed a number of the harm and remembers her brother being emotionally traumatized, however couldn’t recall seeing any proof of bodily harm.
She undoubtedly got here away believing the violence had been critical, she testified.
“He used the phrases, ‘She was making an attempt to kill me,’” Kylie Jenner mentioned.
Jenner returns to the witness stand Tuesday. The 2 different defendants, Khloé Kardashian and Kim Kardashian, are anticipated to testify later within the week. Kim Kardashian was not in court docket Monday for the primary time within the 6-day-old trial.
One other witness, Jeff Olde, who in 2016 was a senior vp of the E! community, which aired each “Rob & Chyna” and “Protecting Up With the Kardashians,” testified that he permitted a second season for the present, although additional approval from his bosses would nonetheless have been wanted.
However his pleasure for extra episodes was primarily based on the concept it will embody the celebrities getting married.
“I believed it was actually promising as a result of with a marriage that gave us a hook for Season 2,” mentioned Olde. “Everybody loves a marriage.”
Chyna’s lawyer, Lynne Ciani, pressed Olde over an e-mail he acquired from Kylie Jenner expressing issues about violent conduct from Chyna. The e-mail is a key ingredient of Chyna’s defamation case.
Olde testified that it didn't particularly affect his determination to reverse course on a second season for “Rob & Chyna.” “I don’t actually take route from 17-year-olds,” he mentioned.
An identical e-mail quickly after from Khloé Kardashian additionally had little impact, he mentioned. He thought the present needs to be canceled, he testified, as a result of the couple it featured was now not a pair.
“It was the Rob and Chyna present and there was no extra Rob and Chyna,” he mentioned. “It was not the present we purchased.”
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