TEEN Mom 2 star Briana DeJesus is facing off against Kailyn Lowry in court after the mom of four claimed her co-star “defamed” her in a lawsuit.
Kailyn, 29, suedBriana, 27, for defamation in June after claiming her co-star “asserted that Kailyn physically beatChristopher Lopez, the father of two of Lowry's sons, and broke into and entered the home of Mr. Lopez's mother.”
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The Sun can exclusively reveal the stars are expected to face off in court on January 14, according to court papers.
The hearing is to rule on Briana’s anti-slapp motion, which protects a person’s freedom of speech, that was filed in August to have the case dismissed.
COURT WAR
In Kail’sinitial complaint against Briana filed in June, her legal team claimed that her co-star’s comments are false and were made "for the purpose of causing Lowry harm... Defendant used Lowry to gain additional media attention for herself."
Kailyn then went into their long-standing feud in the court papers filed on June 25, which began when Briana joined Teen Mom 2 in 2017.
Kailyn claimed Briana "has a history of making false public statements regarding Lowry’s family life,” including when she allegedly responded to a Twitter user “[Lowry] gets beat the f**k up by Chris in front of her kids.”
Kailynmentioned in the lawsuit when she was excludedfrom the June 8, 2021Teen Mom 2episode.
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Briana claimed she wasn’t included because she allegedly “committed violent, physical crimes towards Mr. Lopez. Defendant also asserted that Lowry was arrested for breaking and entering into the home of Mr. Lopez’s mother.”
Briana alleged Kailyn “didn’t want to film” about the alleged incident.
Kailyn claimed she did not break into Chris’ mother’s home or beat him up.
She claimed the statements “threaten” her “ability to earn a living.”
The papers alleged: “An Instagram user tagged several of Lowry’s sponsors and employers in a different post referencing the Defendant’s allegations concerning Lowry.
“The Post interferes with and injures Lowry’s profession, occupation, business and employment.
“Upon information and belief, Lowry’s sponsors, as well as her podcasts’ sponsors, are aware of the allegations made in the post.”
Kailyn claimed the post was made with “actual malice” and that Briana “knew the post was false and/or acted with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.”
The MTV star claimed she suffered “the impairment of her reputation and standing in the community, personal humiliation, and mental anguish.”
She requested $30,000, reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees, and a jury trial.
BRIANA FIGHTS BACK
In Briana’s response, herattorney claimed his client could not have defamed Kailynwith "false" stories because she was arrested for the alleged assault on her ex.
The attorney wrote: “She verifiablywas arrested for this,and her arrest garnered media attention.”
Briana'slawyer called Kailyn’s lawsuit "meritless"and demanded she pay his client's legal fees.
He also requested the entire lawsuit be dismissed.
He went on: "It is meritless and directed exclusively at protected speech on a matter of public concern brought for the purpose of harassing and trying to silence a critic.”
KAIL HITS BACK
Kailyn then filed anopposition to Briana’s request for a summary judgmentin September.
Kail hit back against Briana’s claims that she was not included in the June 8 episode of Teen Mom because she “refused to film” about herOctober 2020 “offensive touching” arrest against Chris. All of the charges havebeen dropped.
Instead, she claimed she didn’t film because she was “dating someone new.”
Also in the court documents, Kailyn alleged Briana claimed she obtained the arrest information from “credible source” Chris.
Brianaalso credited the source of the information as “production,” meaning the producers and crew that film Teen Mom 2.
Kailyn said Chris denied he was the source in texts to her, which she provided in the court filing, and that he and Briana have “never even met.”
The court papers continued: “Lowry and Chris have also been involved in long and contentious proceedings before the Family Court. This, along with Lowry’s Order of Protection From Abuse against Chris, is all knowledge to [DeJesus.]
“No reasonable person could believe Chris’ statements, if they were even made to [DeJesus], concerning Lowry, were credible.
“A reasonable person would likely believe that Chris was making false allegations to obtain an advantage over Lowry in their legal proceedings.”
She added: “For all the reasons stated herein… [DeJesus'] motion should be denied and this case should be tried, and Lowry should be awarded her attorneys’ fees and costs.”
The Sun was the first to report onKailyn's offensive touching charges against Chris, which were later dropped.
CHRIS DRAGGED INTO LEGAL WAR
The Sun also reported Chris, 27, has been dragged into the court war, as he has been served a subpoena in his baby mama’s case against Briana.
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According to Delaware courts, Chris was issued the subpoena, which orders a person to appear in court, testify or produce documentation, on September 16.
Chris shares sons Lux, 4, and Creed, 1, with his ex Kailyn.
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