Kim Kardashian and Scott Disick are being sued for $40 million for promoting luxury prizes on Instagram that are allegedly part of a fake lottery scam.
People who entered the contests were reportedly promised a shot at winning items such as first-class tickets to Los Angeles, a three-night stay in Beverly Hills, and even $100,000.
The company that organizes the lotteries, Curated Businesses, told TMZ on Thursday that there are legitimate winners and they have the paperwork to prove it.
However, the plaintiffs — made up of people who entered the contests but did not win — allege in the lawsuit that Kardashian, 41, Disick, 39, and Curated Businesses organized the contests to allegedly sell their personal information to advertisers, according to TMZ. .
They claim they have been “invaded by hundreds of advertisers, some of whom solicit the plaintiffs with potentially offensive and unwanted content,” according to the lawsuit.
Disick is reportedly the main organizer of the lotteries and celebrities such as Kardashian, her relatives Khloé Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner have helped promote it to their millions of followers on Instagram.
However, according to TMZ, the “Flip It Like Disick” star and the founders of “Skims” are the only stars named in the suit.
The plaintiffs are reportedly demanding $20 million from each defendant.
Kim’s representative declined to comment and representatives from Disick and Curated Businesses were not immediately available.
However, the Australia-based company explains how their process works in the FAQ section on their website and has a list of campaign winners from 2019 to 2022 on one of their landing pages.
Under the question “How will the winner be selected?” Curated Businesses replies, “We are engaging the services of a third-party facilitator to conduct a random draw of all eligible entrants.
“They have been approved by the Australian government and are compliant. As required by Australian law, we also engage the services of a fully qualified independent inspector to oversee the random drawing.”
One of the listed winners is a social media user with the handle @nana_billions.
In an August 31 post about the results of the contest on Instagram, she wrote: “Pinch meeeeeeeee! I’m screaming omg this is surreal! @curatedbusinesses@curated_businesses_legal thank you so much! I’m in shock 💃💃💃💃💃💃.”