Kimoji app in messy dispute
KIM Kardashian is being called a bully by the creator of an app to combat cyberbullying. David
Liebensohn says he will sue the reality TV queen for $100 million claiming she offered to promote his CensorOut for 40 percent of the profits but then gave the app to Instagram — cutting him and his partners out entirely.
“She is a bully,” Liebensohn told me. “She stole my life’s work. No one should have to go through what I have in the past 4 ¹/2 years since I met her.”
Liebensohn says Kardashian also stole Kimoji (inset), her sexy emoji app, that he designed and named.
Kardashian’s lawyer Marty Singer said the case should have ended in 2014 when Liebensohn’s two other partners, represented by “one of the better law firms in the country,” signed a settlement agreement. Liebensohn says he never signed it. “This is a ridiculous, absurd claim without merit,” Singer said. “We sued this guy first because they violated Kim’s rights by using her name to promote their app, which was not unique. There were six other apps that did the same thing.” In mid-January, Singer offered $150,000 and 5 percent of future profits to settle the case. Liebensohn said he rejected the offer. Liebensohn’s lawyer Robert Hantman intends to file suit in Oklahoma City next week. “Unfortunately all efforts to resolve this case have failed,” Hantman said. “Along with a team of Oklahoma lawyers, we will clarify the real creator of Kimojis.” Liebensohn says key evidence will be a recording of his initial phone conversation with Kardashian in 2014, when she said, “I would love to partner with you guys and make this really super huge.”
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Endquote:
“FIGHTING means you could lose. Bullying means you can’t. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn’t want to fight somebody.”