LOS ANGELES, (UPI) — Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are threatening to sue a former bodyguard who recently slammed them in the press.
The couple’s rep confirmed the 35-year-old reality star and 38-year-old rapper are prepared to take legal action against Steve Stanulis, who served as their bodyguard on several occasions this year.
“The West family will no longer tolerate the spreading and selling of fake stories in a desperate, transparent and shameless attempt for publicity at their expense,” the rep said. “As such, the Wests will explore all legal means at their disposal to silence this nonsense.”
Stanulis violated a $10 million confidentiality agreement by speaking to news outlets, according to TMZ. Sources told the website Kardashian and West are willing to forgo the lawsuit and money if Stanulis issues a public apology.
Stanulis worked West’s Yeezy fashion show in February and was protecting the couple prior to the Met Gala this month. He spoke to the New York Daily News after West reportedly fired him for flirting with Kardashian the day of the event.
“He’s the most condescending person I’ve ever met in my life,” Stanulis said of West. “I’ve worked with a lot of people in his position and higher [who are] a lot less self-absorbed and more humble.”
Sources told Us Weekly Stanulis “was never fired, nor was he ever employed full time.” Kardashian and West successfully sued Chad Hurley for breaching a confidentiality agreement in 2014 after the YouTube co-founder secretly filmed and uploaded a clip of West’s proposal.
