Last Updated:July 06, 2025, 10:34 IST

Kim Kardashian is sued by Ivan Cantu, a New York project manager, for using his photo in a 2024 Instagram post supporting a death row inmate with the same name.

Kim Kardashian is in legal trouble.

Kim Kardashian has found herself entangled in a fresh legal controversy, this time over a case of mistaken identity on social media. A man named Ivan Cantu, a New York-based project manager, has filed a lawsuit against the reality star, claiming she wrongly used his photo in a 2024 post supporting a death row inmate who shared the same name.

According to US Weekly, the plaintiff alleges that the error has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder and sleepless nights. His image, he claims, was used in a high-profile Instagram story meant to advocate for another Ivan Cantu, an inmate convicted of murder in 2001. Kim had publicly supported the inmate’s clemency efforts prior to his execution.

Kim’s legal team addressed the situation in detail, clarifying: “[Kim] played an important role in advocating for Mr. Cantu. Over the course of approximately ten days in February 2024, [Kim] and her team posted a series of ‘stories’ regarding Mr. Cantu — approximately 16 in all — on [Kim’s] Instagram account. Of these 16 stories, one story posted two days before Mr. Cantu’s execution mistakenly used an image of the plaintiff in this action, a New York-based project manager whose name is also Ivan Cantu. The mistake was discovered within hours of the posting, and the story was immediately deleted, with [Kim] swiftly issuing a public apology to [Ivan].”

In her own declaration, Kim acknowledged the error, stating: “The use of Plaintiff’s image in the February 26 Story was a mistake and was not done intentionally. I would not have used the image appearing in the February 26 Story had I known that it was a picture of Plaintiff and not Mr. Cantu.”

Her attorneys have dismissed the lawsuit as opportunistic, saying, “This lawsuit is an attempt to cash in on a mistake.”

The legal proceedings are still underway.

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