Kim Kardashian Wins $167K Lawsuit Against Suer

 has been awarded a total of $167,473.69 from a man who claimed that  for a lawsuit he lost to her will destroy him financially.

The incident funfolded in February of 2024, when Kardashian posted a picture on her social media of Ivan Cantu - a man who shared the same name as the death row inmate subsequently executed following his conviction in a 2000 double murder.

While Kardashian claimed the error was an honest mistake and the photo was taken down quickly, Cantu sued Kardashian, telling the court in a February 2025 filing that the star 'published and disseminated false information' about him that injured his reputation.

The defamation suit was dismissed in November 2025 and Kardashian had sought to recoup her legal fees from Cantu. 

New York native Ivan Cantu previously asked a  court to scuttle the reimbursement demand from Kardashian, after his case against her was dismissed, citing the discrepancies in their respective net worths.

But LA Superior Court Judge Michael Small on Monday said the court was 'granting Kardashian’s motion in the main,' according to a ruling reviewed by the Daily Mail.

Judge Small addressed Cantu's previous arguments 'that it would be unfair for the court to make him pay Kardashian’s fees and costs because ... she is wealthy and he is not' - calling them 'unavailing' on a legal basis.

The judge said that the court reduced the $57,107.50 total for 'fees upon fees' - a term for balances 'incurred in connection the motion for fees and costs itself' - by a third 'which comes out to $38,261.80.' 

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for both sides in the case. 

The judge while it may seem unusual 'that a person of modest financial means (as Plaintiff says he is) would have to reimburse a person who has lots of money (as Plaintiff says Kardashian has)', income disparities are 'irrelevant' to the question of legal fees.