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07-18-2016, 10:06 PM
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian could face legal action — if Taylor Swift wants
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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian could very well face criminal charges over the release of a phone call with Taylor Swift.*
And a big, fat lawsuit on top of that.
SEE ALSO: Why Taylor Swift can't shake off Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/kanye-taylor-timeline/)
Just in case you were completely without cell service in the last 12 hours, the controversy began when Kardashian put video of a conversation between Swift and West on her Snapchat account.
The video shows West talking on the phone *to a person that is supposedly Swift and discussing lyrics to his song "Famous."*
Those lyrics, in which West references Swift, had become controversial, in particular the line: "I made that bitch famous." Swift took issue with that line **t long after the song debuted, taking a dig at him in her Grammy acceptance speech (http://jezebel.com/taylor-swift-responds-to-kanye-wests-i-made-that-bitch-1759332469) in February. Sources connected to West (http://jezebel.com/taylor-swift-i-didnt-k**w-kanye-called-me-a-bitch-in-h-1758700323) claimed Swift had signed off on the lyrics.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-snapchat-legal-questions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Kanye West (http://mashable.com/category/kanye-west/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Kim Kardashian (http://mashable.com/category/kim-kardashian/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Taylor Swift (http://mashable.com/category/taylor-swift/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Media (http://mashable.com/media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/nKzqfZr5i9k
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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian could very well face criminal charges over the release of a phone call with Taylor Swift.*
And a big, fat lawsuit on top of that.
SEE ALSO: Why Taylor Swift can't shake off Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/kanye-taylor-timeline/)
Just in case you were completely without cell service in the last 12 hours, the controversy began when Kardashian put video of a conversation between Swift and West on her Snapchat account.
The video shows West talking on the phone *to a person that is supposedly Swift and discussing lyrics to his song "Famous."*
Those lyrics, in which West references Swift, had become controversial, in particular the line: "I made that bitch famous." Swift took issue with that line **t long after the song debuted, taking a dig at him in her Grammy acceptance speech (http://jezebel.com/taylor-swift-responds-to-kanye-wests-i-made-that-bitch-1759332469) in February. Sources connected to West (http://jezebel.com/taylor-swift-i-didnt-k**w-kanye-called-me-a-bitch-in-h-1758700323) claimed Swift had signed off on the lyrics.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-snapchat-legal-questions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Kanye West (http://mashable.com/category/kanye-west/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Kim Kardashian (http://mashable.com/category/kim-kardashian/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Taylor Swift (http://mashable.com/category/taylor-swift/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Media (http://mashable.com/media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/nKzqfZr5i9k