The Kardashians' Lawyers Threaten Legal Action Against Boycott Site

You may not like them, but don't mess with the Kardashians.

We've learned the Kardashian family's general counsel, Christopher T. Wilson has allegedly threatened legal action against the founder of BoycottKim.com, according to the New York Daily News.

Following the news that Kim had filed for divorce from Kris Humphries a slew of anti-Kardashian sites and petitions hit the web.

On Nov. 2, a woman named Cyndy Snider created an online petition called "No More Kardashian" that asked the E! Network to axe their ties to the reality TV family.

A website called BoycottTheKardashians.com was also created on Nov. 2 and on Nov. 5 BoycottKim.com hit the web. That website had amassed more that 500,000 signatures and contained content that spotlighted some of the negative media the Kardashian family had recently attracted.

The website's California-based founder, who wished to remain anonymous when speaking to the NYDN, claims Wilson told him that another lawyer for the family, Martin Singer, intended to file a criminal harassment complaint against him.

"They try to scare you," he said. "[The Kardashians] do not want bad publicity."

The founder claims that Wilson expressed dismay over a section of the site which asked readers to contact Martin Singer to voice their anger over allegations that products the Kardashians endorsed were made in sweatshops using child labor.

The paper reports the founder's attorney David Henshaw has already engaged in a conference call with Wilson and Singer and the founder says the threats of legal action against him are "laughable," explaining the site didn't encourage anyone to harass Singer, but rather encouraged them to express their personal opinion.

BoycottKim.com appears to be down at this time, but a cached version reveals a cartoon caricatured of Kim and asks its visitors to "Boycott Kim and all that she stands for by going after those who hire her and give her incentive to continue to pollute our culture." The founder told the NYDN that he's aiming for the petition to receive one million signatures.

Despite the various boycott attempts, E! President Suzanne Kolb recently said the network takes every viewer comment seriously, but they never considered cutting their ties with the Kardashians.

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Comments

[Joanna Backman]

08:22 PM on 05/08/2012

oh, boo hoo, you people are some of the most artificial "stars" in the galaxy, this is after all, a country that promises freedom of speech, Lord knows you demand it on your ridiculous television shows. those of us out here with teenage daughters want better role models than women with silicon breasts and mothers who run stables of girls to hire out. get a life. a real one.

[Leilani lei]

09:20 PM on 04/03/2012

Bend over Kim so we can file your suit.

[frankc354]

09:56 PM on 03/06/2012

PIGS all the karpigians are PIGS

[Justgo4it]

12:24 PM on 02/19/2012

another useless lawsuit coming soon. this makes the one where someone dumped coffee in their lap and sued McDonalds have actual merit to it.

[David Daisy May Boldock]

12:41 PM on 02/19/2012

Makes me wonder how such infantile claims are allowed to get within a court
The world has gone bonkers!

[Justgo4it]

04:26 PM on 02/19/2012

great sharks, clearing the way for the pariahs.

[PrunellaC]

08:47 PM on 02/04/2012

Big deal. Lawyers threaten -- it's what they do. Personally I wouldn't sign a petition like this because it just feeds back into the attention they so pathologically need. I say ignore these bltches. What will Mssrs. Wilson and Singer do then, threaten everyone in the country for not paying sufficient attention to his emotionally bereft clients? tee hee!

[Bunny007]

11:52 PM on 01/19/2012

Gawwwd-- Aren't their 15 minutes of porno fame up yet??

Make it STOP and do your part to boycott this horrific family-

wwwboycottkim.com

[Angelina Jolly]

10:12 AM on 01/19/2012

i hope they all get on a bus (except bruce jenner) and while headed to a photo shoot or porno shoot or whatever the bus plummets off a cliff and explodes twice - a very, very high cliff.

[maryk4d4]

11:25 PM on 01/12/2012

Are there products produced by child labor sweatshops? While I admit that I don't pay much attn to anything Kardashian I would've paid attn to any reports that they were. And this is the first I have heard that rumor. So...if they are using child labor sweatshops then I will believe it from a more credible source than an anonymous website calling for a boycott. If the website that posted the child labor rumor made it up, then they are within their rights to suit. Free speech is a right, but libel and slander isn't. And...why would anyone support anything that comes from an anonymous source. Someone who wants to cause embarrassment to others yet unwilling to reveal their own identity, in my opinion, is nothing but a coward. Finally...As long as people are tuning in to their programs, buying their products, they are going to continue to be everywhere. You can sign all the petitions you want and as long as the money is rolling in, they are going to be around.

[Teresa Cassity]

02:06 PM on 01/13/2012

The allegation was made by the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights. As of this date, no lawsuit against GLHR has been filed by the Kardashians, but they have threatened it.

[Joanna Backman]

08:24 PM on 05/08/2012

unfortunately, we have turned into a country intent on glorifying mediocrity, like this family. they found first fame through the daughter's porno tape. i would hide my head in shame,but i'm sure they are happy with the result$ of her prostituting herself.

[MC C]

04:48 AM on 01/12/2012

Why isn't there a "BoycottALLtheKardashians" site? I'd sign that one.

[NoBlueDogs]

08:15 PM on 01/11/2012

I didn't have a problem with KK before, but this is way over the line.

[WindMeUp2011]

07:58 PM on 01/11/2012

Let's not forget "The Duchess" SHOES - upstart Kim's Birthday present to Kate Middleton ! Those quilted pumps are a total rip-off of Brian Atwood's "Maniac" shoes (also nicked by Paris Hilton =D )
How dopey can you get ? Suppose KK is expecting EVERYONE go out and buy a pair! Ka-Ching!
Hoping Kate won't wear them! BOYCOTT anything KARDASHIAN!

[Mary Mclocke]

10:05 PM on 01/12/2012

Did you see the bunch of links below the article? I was just reading this one: http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980904775
and it looks like those online petitions to boycott Kim Kardashian are working. Interesting read! HuffPost usually has a decent link or two in the batch of links they put below every article, but this one is REALLY good reading if you really want them boycotted, you'll enjoy it.
Personally I already boycott them, my family too. People work SO hard to keep their families afloat, yet you have these people making millions for doing nothing but existing. Something wrong with that picture. Actually, we should also boycott those who encourage these tactics, like E! Network for starters! Sears is already in bad enough shape yet push their "products". It's a shame.

[msbeantwn]

02:45 PM on 01/11/2012

ITS CALL FREEDOM OF SPEECH, NO ONE HAS TO READ, HEAR OR LISTEN OR TALK ABOUT THOSE GREEDY PEOPLE. WHY CAN'T PEOPLE BOYCOTT, ITS THEIR RIGHT.

[ApolloniaBliss]

11:28 AM on 01/11/2012

I've got nothing, this go.

[Justgo4it]

12:20 PM on 02/19/2012

huh?

[jacstheone]

11:22 AM on 01/11/2012

HEY kim DO THE WORLD A HUGE FAVOR GO AWAY AND QUIT WASTING OUR TIME WE DONT NEED YOU OR YOUR STUPIDITY!!! GROW UP!!!!!!

[Sheree Dosovitz Harhay]

11:12 AM on 01/11/2012

This is American and everyone that is a citizen has the right to freedom of speech. It is absolutely ridiculous that the Kardashians have hired some big guns to file a lawsuit on a blog that states that the Kardashians have exploited workers who produced their clothes and other items in their "brand". The products they endorse and sell on QVC and Dash were made in sweatshops using child labor. Exploiting those 'without' and innocent children is unacceptable. While I do not care if they are on TV or not (I can change the channel if I want), I don't believe that anyone live 'high' by amassing money off the exploitation of others, particularly children. It is against the law and I hope this blog is able to stay posted and reveal the manner in which the Kardashians came into their money.

[Mary Mclocke]

10:09 PM on 01/12/2012

Right.. we can ignore the Tv shows and the rest, including these articles about them. This one caught my attention because of the fact that Kim & her "people" are trying to interfere with free speech, but it IS the use of those children in "sweatshops" that makes me the most angry of all. They make their millions yet work innocent children to exhaustion to make a good deal of it.