{"id":836855,"date":"2026-07-30T22:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836855\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T22:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:35:12","slug":"kim-kardashian-agrees-to-forgive-massive-debt-owed-by-man-who-lost-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836855\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Agrees to Forgive Massive Debt Owed by Man Who Lost Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Kim Kardashian<br \/>\n                          I&#8217;ll Let the 6-Figure Debt Slide!!!<br \/>\n                          Man Owed Her After Court Battle<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              July 30, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:09 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  July 30, 2026<br \/>\n                                2:41 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260730_809ed968d2184b189bfd59ee57e320c8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9326280-4c90-4b9d-b540-f4bda867895a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/809ed968d2184b189bfd59ee57e320c8_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-kim-kardashian-ivan-cantu-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kim-kardashian\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Kardashian<\/a> has agreed not to collect the six-figure sum a man owes her for losing a lawsuit he brought against her \u2026 after he claimed the judgment would ruin him &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal &#8230; a man named Ivan Cantu sued Kim after she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/02\/26\/kim-kardashian-post-wrong-picture-death-row-inmate-ivan-cantu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted his photo<\/a> when she meant to post the photo of a prisoner with the same name \u2026 in an effort to argue for the inmate to be taken off death row. Ivan lost his lawsuit and was ordered to pay Kim&#8217;s legal fees, but said doing so would financially ruin him.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240226_eca52dc1e14641b08f05b3723cb7f3ec\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9326280-4c90-4b9d-b540-f4bda867895a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eca52dc1e14641b08f05b3723cb7f3ec_md.jpg\" alt=\"ivan cantu\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A legal rep for Kim tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;This is a lawsuit that should never have been filed.\u00a0The Court agreed and threw it out and ordered that [Ivan Cantu] pay Kim&#8217;s legal fees. Kim agreed to waive those fees and so [Ivan] has dismissed his case with prejudice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The non-prisoner Ivan demanded damages from Kim for the alleged harm the post caused him. She denied all claims of wrongdoing and said she deleted the post immediately after discovering it was the wrong picture.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250218_9c9a535d6788412fafe641dc3751c2c6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9326280-4c90-4b9d-b540-f4bda867895a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9c9a535d6788412fafe641dc3751c2c6_md.jpg\" alt=\"ivan a cantu sub facebook swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The court sided with Kim and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/20\/kim-kardashian-sued-ivan-cantu-wrong-picture-death-row-inmate\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dismissed all claims<\/a>. The mogul was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/11\/kim-kardashian-awarded-money-from-ivan-cantu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">awarded $167k<\/a> in legal fees. Ivan scoffed at Kim&#8217;s request for legal fees \u2026 calling her a billionaire who didn&#8217;t need the money. He said it would financially ruin him if he had to pay Kim&#8217;s legal bills.<\/p>\n<p>The judge was not convinced and denied his request to reconsider the amount. He filed an appeal of the decision but has now dropped it after working out a deal with Kim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian I&#8217;ll Let the 6-Figure Debt Slide!!! 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