TEEN Mom 2 alum Jenelle Evans slammed Kailyn Lowry’s lawsuit against nemesis Briana DeJesus as “so dumb.”
Jenelle, 29, exclusively told The Celeb Report how out of all of her former Teen Mom 2 cast-mates she has remained in touch with Briana, 27, and that the two catch up about what is going on in their lives.
Jenelle said: “We spoke not too long ago on the phone and we talked about the Kail lawsuit and how dumb it was.
“There’s proof of everything out there. There are police reports, and she thinks she can sue for that, and I’m like girl- it’s right there- Briana can look it up if Chris [Lopez] didn’t tell her.”
As The Celeb Report previously reported Kailyn, 29, sued Briana for defamation in June after claiming her co-star “asserted that Kailyn physically beat Christopher Lopez, the father of two of Lowry’s sons, and broke into and entered the home of Mr. Lopez’s mother.”
The Celeb Report recently revealed that 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 Kailyn’s initial complaint against Briana, 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, 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.”
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Kailyn mentioned in the lawsuit when she was excluded from the June 8, 2021 Teen Mom 2 episode.
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, and said the statements “threaten” her “ability to earn a living.”
KAILYN’S MONEY
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, her attorney claimed his client could not have defamed Kailyn with “false” stories because she was arrested for the alleged assault on her ex.
The attorney wrote: “She verifiably was arrested for this, and her arrest garnered media attention.”
Briana’s lawyer 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.”
