Ray J’s breach of contract claims against Kardashian and her mom, Kris Jenner, now move to private arbitration

Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner notched a legal victory Friday when a judge set a trial date for their defamation claims against Ray J while simultaneously kicking his competing breach of contract lawsuit against them into private arbitration.

The mother-daughter duo alleged in an October 2025 lawsuit that Ray J, born Ray Norwood Jr., maliciously defamed them when he suggested during a 2025 TMZ interview and on a subsequent livestream that Kardashian and Jenner were – or should be – the subjects of a federal racketeering investigation. Norwood has denied the women’s claims that he acted maliciously and filed a cross-complaint for breach of a settlement agreement on Nov. 13, 2025.

Norwood’s claims center on an April 2023 settlement that included a non-disparagement clause.…