A Los Angeles County judge denied Kevin Hart’s request for a temporary restraining order in his legal battle with Tasha K on Thursday (January 25). According to Courthouse News and Rolling Stone, Judge Mitchell Beckloff found no reason to make Tasha K remove a tell-all interview with Hart’s former assistant from her website.
“I think the request is overbroad,” the judge said. “The request is vague. I’m not sure what ‘any content relating to Kevin Hart’ is.”
Hart wanted the judge to force Tasha K to take down the interview, which is behind a paywall. The comedian claimed the interview defamed him and violated his ex-assistant’s NDA.
“There’s no questioning them,” Hart’s lawyer Donte Mills said. “There are things said by the speakers that are illegal. It’s defamatory, it’s extortion, and it absolutely shows malice on their part. Not once was there ever any claim stating that my client committed a crime until this video. I think that’s important. Adultery is one thing, but adultery is not illegal.”
Judge Beckloff was unconvinced, noting how Hart’s team did not submit a transcript of the interview. Mills told the judge no transcript was filed because the information would be available via public records, defeating the purpose of the temporary restraining order.
Hart filed his lawsuit over the tell-all interview in December 2023. He sued his ex-assistant Miesha Shakes and Tasha K for defamation, extortion and invasion of privacy.
The lawsuit specifically targeted Shakes for breach of contract. Tasha K was accused of intentional interference with contractual relations.
Hart joined the growing list of celebrities who’ve sued Tasha K. The vlogger famously lost a defamation case to Cardi B with a jury awarding more than $4 million to the rapper. Tasha K filed for bankruptcy after losing her appeal in the Cardi B case.
