Kim Kardashian Victorious In Lawsuit Over Posting Wrong Photo of Inmate

11/6/2025 7:42 AM PT — A lawyer for Kim Kardashian simply gave TMZ an replace on this lawsuit … “We are pleased with the Court’s ruling, which represents a complete victory for Kim Kardashian and dismisses Mr. Cantu’s action in its entirety. We appreciate the Court’s recognition that an honest mistake should not serve as the basis for meritless litigation.”

Kim Kardashian is being dragged to court over a social media screw-up … she’s being sued by a man she mistakenly recognized as a loss of life row inmate.

According to a brand new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Kim is being sued by Ivan Cantu … a challenge supervisor from New York who Kim recognized as a person awaiting the loss of life penalty in a Texas prison cell.

Kim posted a photograph of the unsuitable Ivan Cantu on her social media in February 2024 when she was attempting to deliver consciousness to the case of an inmate by the identical identify … and Ivan says the mix-up subjected him to public embarrassment, disgrace, hatred, ridicule, shame, contempt and aversion.

Ivan is suing Kim for libel and slander over the mix-up … and he says she brought on him to endure severe emotional harm.

He says Kim’s submit made him lose sleep, get complications, have nightmares and expertise PTSD … and he says she’s damage his fame and made him want medical care and emotional counseling.

As we first reported … Ivan blasted Kim on the time, saying some “idiot” who runs her social media accounts used his image as an alternative of loss of life row inmate Ivan “Abner” Cantu. That inmate was executed on schedule, BTW.

The SKIMS founder took down the submit in query however Ivan says the harm was already achieved as a result of she has tons of of hundreds of thousands of followers … and he is going after her for cash.