Editorial archive
Kim Kardashian and Ray J
The people at the center of the recording and the accounts they have provided, kept separate from independent findings.
Kim Kardashian and singer Ray J were in a relationship when they made the private recording later distributed commercially in 2007. Contemporary reporting documents Kardashian’s lawsuit against the proposed distributor; the case later ended in a settlement.
The participants have offered conflicting accounts about how the material first reached the distributor and whether the eventual commercial agreement reflected an earlier plan. This archive attributes those versions and does not treat a disputed allegation as a finding of fact.
The existence of the recording, lawsuit, distribution and settlement should be separated from claims about who initiated the disclosure. Later media interviews are part of the record, but they do not replace authenticated documents or final court findings.